EU imports of frozen whole round skipjack dropped sharply in 2025, a five-year low, with top suppliers Seychelles and El Salvador both losing trade with European processors. Last year, EU...
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Princes To Raise Canned Tuna Prices To Offset Costs
Faced with inflationary pressures on transport and logistics due to the war in the Middle East, UK-based Princes Group announced that it will put up its prices by five percent, which will lead...
The Cost Of War On Global Tuna Fishing Fleets
The war in the Middle East has impacted tuna fishing operations worldwide, with boat owners facing skyrocketing fuel prices. Atuna approached several fleets in Asia and EU that explained that...
Oil Volatility & The Tuna Trade: Critical Impact On Skipjack & Yellowfin Pricing
The tuna industry is facing an immediate operational crisis. With the Middle East conflict driving crude oil prices up by 50 percent in just 20 days, the surge in Marine Gas Oil (MGO) is...
Seven Ecuadorian Tuna Boats With 20 Crew Members Are Missing
Ecuadorian authorities are intensifying efforts to locate seven tuna fishing vessels, with about 20 crew members, that disappeared near the Galápagos Islands last week. Officials, alongside...
Colombia Commits To Fisheries Transparency With FiTI Membership
Colombia joined the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) last week by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the FiTI standard on the nation's tuna and seafood fishing...
Major Global Highlights March 2026
The prices of frozen whole round skipjack in major tuna processing hubs rose amid the Middle East conflict. An Indian seafood company purchased the Spanish tuna processing firm Frime S.A.U....
Australia Should Grow Influence In Kiribati Over China
Australia, close ally of the US, should strengthen its ties with Kiribati and improve its geopolitical influence in the Pacific nation, according to a latest opinion piece published by the...
Japanese Market Sees Increased Demand for Frozen Albacore and Bluefin
Japanese importers’ intake of frozen whole rounds of tuna for canning, restaurants, and food service rose by three percent in 2025, boosted by higher volumes of albacore and bluefin. The raw...
Grupo Profand Interest In Acquiring Canary Islands Seafood Firm
Vigo-based vertically integrated fishing company Grupo Profand is keen on acquiring the Canary Islands-based Unión Martín, another firm with tuna and seafood operations at its helm. Profand,...
How ESG Pressures Are Reshaping the WCPO Tuna Supply Chain
The WCPO tuna industry stands at crossroads as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) pressures mount. Companies and retailers in key markets are rolling out dedicated programs and firm...
Global Fishing Watch Says It Has Achieved Full Tuna Fleet Mapping
Global Fishing Watch (GFW) stated that one of its biggest ambitions, to map 100 percent of the global tuna and seafood fishing fleet, became a reality in 2025. Through trainings in over 70...
SWG Renews Attack On MSC Over Social Standards Gap
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been bashed yet again by the Seafood Working Group (SWG), this time too, for its sourcing practices. The Group reiterated a set of demands it had...
Satlink Strengthens Global Position In Ocean Technology
The Spanish maritime technology company Satlink grew last year due to development in its performance, innovation, and the expansion of its workforce, according to its 2025 Impact report. The...
Europêche Points Out Challenges As EU–Indonesia Deal Nears Ratification
Europêche, the representative body for the European fishing industry, stated that Indonesia’s non-binding commitments, when it comes to labor rights, create an “uneven playing field for...
Petit Navire Invites Consumers To Test Tuna For Mercury
Thai Union-owned French tuna brand Petit Navire has launched a new campaign, ‘Faites le Test’ (Take the Test), allowing consumers to send their bought cans of tuna for a mercury content test...
Demand For WR Yellowfin In EU Declined
EU buyers reduced their purchases of frozen whole round yellowfin from both EU and non-EU vessels in 2025, with prices for the product edging slightly lower. Supply was sourced predominantly...
Tuna Stocks Hold Strong But Climate Risks Loom, Warns WCPFC
The WCPFC recently released a summary report of its Twenty-Second Regular Session of the Commission held last December. It outlined key decisions and debates on issues such as the health of...
South African Pole-And-Line YF Catches Certified
The yellowfin catches of the already MSC-certified South Africa Albacore Tuna Pole and Line Fishery received the blue tick. The CAB, Control Union, published the Public Certification Report...
Pevasa Denies Sale, Confirms Search For Investors
Pevasa is continuing its normal operations, and the rumors that the Spanish fishing company is for sale are not true, says its CEO, Borja Soroa. On Thursday, Faro de Vigo newspaper said that...