Inspired by the popularity of grain bowls with consumers, StarKist has introduced its tuna version with seasoned grains and vegetables in a single-serve pouch. The Smart Bowls are available in...
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Maldives And IPNLF Work To Protect Migrant Workers
Foreign workers comprise the majority of the workforce in the Maldives. Two reports shed light on this issue, concluding that only a few labor in the pole-and-line tuna fishing and processing...
Omani Processor Teams Up With Transmarina For Longline Yellowfin Supply
Oman Fisheries Company, the sultanate’s largest tuna and seafood processor, has inked a fisheries deal with Ecuador-based Transmarina for the supply of longline-caught yellowfin. The Omani...
It Will Take Time For Princes Tuna Alternative To Gain Traction
Princes has dipped its toe in the plant-based tuna alternatives segment by retailing this product next to its real canned tuna range in the Netherlands. The company said that it does not...
Milk & Eggs Cost More Than Ever But Canned Tuna Remains Affordable
Food price inflation is the number one concern for most Americans and most households are paying an arm and a leg for basic goods. A public poll showed that one-third of Republicans (GOP) and...
NGOs Blame PNA For Stalling Harvest Strategy
A group of NGOs has pointed their fingers at the PNA for stalling the implementation of the harvest strategy for tuna stocks in the WCPFC. The Pew Charitable Trusts, WWF, Global Tuna Alliance,...
Revolution On The Ambient Shelf: Princes Launches Four Tuna Alternatives
On October 1, Dutch number two tuna brand Princes launched a plant-based alternative line mimicking all its canned tuna variations. The products are offered in four variations: in brine,...
Italian Canners Urge VAT Suspension
The Italian canning sector is calling for government intervention to reduce the burdens of rising prices. Simone Legnani, President of the National Association of Fish and Tuna Canneries...
Major European Processors’ Insatiable Appetite For Pre-Cooked Loins
Frozen pre-cooked loins imported into the EU slightly increased in the first six months of the year with demand from major processing markets growing. Not surprising, Spanish canners were the...
FDA To Update “Healthy” Claim On Food Labels
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has started a public process to update the definition of the nutrient claim “healthy” on food labels, to reflect the current nutrition science and the...
US Wins Over Pacific Nations With USD 810 Million Aid
In a bid to woo Pacific Island states to its side, the US committed USD 810 million in financial aid to the region. This includes the 10-year USD 600 million it had already pledged, which...
Major Global Tuna Highlights September 2022
It was an eventful September with skipjack prices in trading hubs soaring and tuna company Bumble Bee accused of human rights issues in its supply chain. See below for the major news stories...
European Canners Raise Loins H1 Trade To EUR 547 Million
Demand for frozen pre-cooked loins is only expanding in the EU, as the canners purchased five percent more than they did in the first half of this year compared to 2021. The volume imported...
#Goodforwho? Greenpeace Vs Bumble Bee
Greenpeace activists displayed a banner reading #GoodForWho during a football game at a stadium next to Bumble Bee's headquarters in San Diego. The organization says, “They call on Bumble Bee...
John West Recalls One “Tuna Pot” Due To Mislabeling
John West UK is recalling a batch of On The Go Indian Tuna Rice salad because of mislabeling. The ingredients soy and wheat (gluten) are not listed on the product's label. The salad has been...
Ghost Tuna Plant: Where Did The Millions Go?
Four walls are the only things showing for the efforts of a tuna project started seven years ago in Annobón, an island of Equatorial Guinea. Millions of euros have been invested in the plant...
WCPFC Annual Meeting To Be Held Next Month
The upcoming annual Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting will be held in-person after nearly three years of virtual gatherings. The meeting will take place between...
Thai Canners Experiencing Plunging US Orders
In the first half of this year, US canned tuna imports slowed to the lowest level in five years. Nearly all suppliers lost some of their business in this market but Thai processors were the...
EU & Madagascar To Sign New Fishing Agreement Soon
The EU and Madagascar are days away from signing a new fishing agreement. It took seven rounds of negotiations to reach an amicable conclusion given that the Madagascans wanted the Europeans...
Maldivian Pole-And-Liner Records 57 Ton Catch In One Day
Maldivian pole-and-liner 'TS Line' has set a record for the amount of tuna caught in one day. It captured 57 M/T tuna around Kooddoo island. Now that the monsoon season is over, tuna catching...