A market intelligence agency in Costa Rica has said that there are opportunities for the country’s tuna export business to grow in markets such as Thailand and the US. Last Wednesday, the...
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Peruvian Tuna Exports Not Meeting Expectations
In the last couple of years, the Peruvian tuna industry has been very outspoken about wanting to expand its foothold in international markets. However, the latest report by the Global Business...
Thai Union Records Highest Net Profit Ever
Spurred by the great sales in the ambient tuna and seafood segment, global company Thai Union (TU) ended 2020 with exceptional financial performance. The company had a 20 percent year-on-year...
EU Skipjack Loins Transactions Nearly Doubled In 5 Years
The growing demand for skipjack products in the EU during 2020 has caused a strong surge of pre-cooked loin imports. Ultra-low global skipjack prices during Oct 2019 set the tone for the...
Ghana’s Pole-And-Line Sector Near Collapse Says Association
The Ghana Tuna Association (GTA) has warned that the country’s pole-and-line sector has nearly collapsed due to various ongoing challenges. The organization said that currently only six out of...
ANABAC’s Free School Atlantic Yellowfin Catches Closer To MSC
ANABAC’s free school yellowfin fishery in the Atlantic is inching closer to MSC certification. The body overseeing the process has published the Public Comment Draft Report (PCDR), which shows...
Study: Newer Seiners Use More Fuel But Sulphur Emissions Greatly Reduced
The structure of the Indian Ocean (IO) tuna purse seiner fleet has changed over the past few decades and larger and newer vessels have increased fuel consumption and emit more air pollution,...
Dutch Tuna Imitation Started With Commotion But Tastes Good
After the commotion over the product name when introduced in mid-January, Atuna was curious about the new plant-based tuna alternative, now called Vegan Green Tuna, developed by Dutch-based...
China & Ecuador Rule Massively Expanding EU Loins Business
European canneries' demand for pre-cooked tuna loins boomed during 2020, a year that will go down in history because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Processors consistently bought more of this...
Saupiquet Introduces “Unique Dual-Certified” Premium Skipjack In France
French consumers will soon be able to get their hands on more sustainable skipjack canned tuna in their retail stores. This week during the 5th edition of Responsible Fishing Week,...
New Zealand Cracks Down On Longliner Using Illegal Gear
A tuna longliner has been seized and its owner was fined in New Zealand after it was discovered that he had not been using the proper fishing gear to protect seabird bycatch. The Tauranga...
US Seafood Trade Body Head Wants More Truth In Plant-Based Foods Labeling
In recent years, there has been an increasing number of alternative or vegan foods bearing fish, seafood, and meat names. This has caused much debate in the different industries, especially...
Mexican Authorities Rescue Tuna Fishermen Found Floating After Shipwreck
In a lucky turn of events, seven fishermen were rescued yesterday while adrift among ropes and drums in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred after the tuna longliner they were on capsized...
Japan & UN To Help Boost Iran’s Tuna Supply Chain
Japan’s government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed a funding agreement for a project to promote the sustainable development of the tuna value...
High Local Wages Force Chinese Fishing Firms To Look For Cheap Foreign Labor
The ever-increasing wages of domestic labor in China have pushed tuna and seafood fishing companies to rely more on the foreign workforce for their daily activities. Overall, Chinese fishing...
Will Biden Launch China Back Into The Loins Business?
The US-China trade war has been dragging out for more than two years and has deeply affected tuna sector business between the two countries. However, with a new US President at the helm, is...
Should The Purse Seine IO Yellowfin Quota Be Cut?
The debate about cutting the purse seine yellowfin quota in the IO has once again been brought to the fore. Last year, retailers in the EU and UK gave an ultimatum to the IOTC that they would...
Jealsa Closes 2020 With €701 Mil Worth Of Sales
The President of Jealsa, Jesús Manuel Alonso Escurís, has announced that the Spanish tuna company will close 2020 with a year-on-year sales increase of 11 percent. He added that even though...
Albacore Surplus Dominated Japan’s Frozen Tuna Exports
Exports of frozen tuna from Japan shot up during 2020 mainly thanks to an exceptionally good year for albacore catches. While vessels quadrupled their landings of this tuna, all the other...
Where Is Seychelles Seiners’ Disappearing Bycatch Going?
Tuna purse seiners operating in Seychelles EEZ appear not to be landing their bycatch at the country's port as required. The Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) said that it has started taking...