Seychelles prices for whole-round frozen skipjack and yellowfin dropped in May according to industry sources within the Indian Ocean industry. Today's SKJ1.8:SEY landed price is around...
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UK Retailer Prices Vegan Tuna Cheaper Than Real Tuna
Morrisons is the first supermarket chain in the United Kingdom (UK) selling Loma Linda Tuno. The retailer promises its customers a vegan tuna made from soy protein and natural flavorings with...
Little Movement In Japan’s Q1 Canned Tuna Imports
Japan’s imports of canned tuna in the first quarter of 2019 have seen a minuscule increase of 0.2 percent in comparison with the same period in the previous year. The countries that...
Fishermen Can No Longer Land Tuna Shorter Than 20 cm
To minimize the landing of undersized tuna fishing boats unloading their catch at ports will be monitored, even at night, is the intent of Samoa’s Ministry of Agriculture and...
Chinese Loins Take Bite Out Of Ecuador’s EU Business
Ecuador is still in the top position as the biggest exporting nation for frozen pre-cooked tuna loins to the European Union (EU) in 2018. Although their exports dropped 19 percent from 51,940...
EU Vessels To Enter Cape Verde Waters Through New Fisheries Agreement
A new protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Cape Verde was approved by the European Affairs...
Malta Increases Number Of Tuna Cages
The Planning Authority Board of Malta recently approved a temporary permit for relocating Azzopardi Fisheries’ cages for bluefin five kilometers from the Qawra shore. Also, they...
Maruha Nichiro Profits Hit By Tuna Prices
World’s largest seafood company, Maruha Nichiro Corporation, reported its consolidated financials for the fiscal year ending in March 2019. The Japan-based business operating income...
Tuna Business At PLMA Amsterdam 21-22 May
The “World of Private Label” international trade show in Amsterdam starts today. Over the next two days, retailers, wholesalers, and private label professionals...
Sharp Drop In Q1 Fresh Tuna Imports Into Japan
Japan’s imports of whole round (WR) fresh tuna have dramatically decreased in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the previous two years. The country only imported 10,103 M/T of fresh...
Mozambique Fleet Still Not Fishing, Has No Access To Ports
Tunamar has recently been granted a fishing license from the Mozambican Ministry of Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries. Now, Tunamar needs to tender for port space for the landing of its...
Tuna Ordered On The Menu To Save Pacific’ Reef Fish
Tuna is rarely found on the menus of Pacific island-based hotels and resorts, although it is the most profitable export product for many of these nations. Caught in the high sea, the...
US Dolphin-Safe Suit Could Call Into Question Other Certifications
“If a court decides that dolphin-safe proves to be a kind of compulsory greenwashing scheme, a tool mainly supporting market interests, this would have devastating effects on the credibility...
Silla Co. Seiners Receive FOS Certification
Six Silla Co. tuna purse seiners have recently received sustainability certification from Friend of the Sea. The vessels of the Korean tuna business catch mainly skipjack and yellowfin in...
Alliance Select Reports Loss In Q1, Investors Drop Shares
Alliance Select Food International, based in the Philippines, published its first-quarter figures of 2019 on May 17, reporting a net loss of USD 100,000. In 2018, the total profit was USD...
Largest Chinese Tuna Boat Owner Buys New Seiner
On May 13, Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International signed a contract for the purchase of a new purse seiner for USD 23.6 million. A shipbuilder from Zhoushan from...
Thai Union Stock Falls Affected By Lawsuit Or Spin-Off News?
Thai Union Group has announced it is considering launching its subsidiary, Thai Union Feedmill Co., as a separate spin-off on the Thai stock exchange. The news arrived on the same day as their...
EU Alerts – High Histamine After Passing Through 3 Nations
In April, three tuna-related alerts were reported by Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) by the EU. On April 24, French authorities detected 1,344 mg/kg - ppm histamine in...
Dolphin-Safe Class Action Focuses On Longline Albacore
More information surfaced on Monday regarding the consumer class action suit that was brought against the Big Three in the US, which alleges that their tuna is caught with...
Ecuador Secures Zero Duty In Case Of A Brexit
Ecuador has signed a new trade agreement with the UK that allows 95% of Ecuadorian products including tuna to arrive in the country without import duties. This is at the...