South Korean tuna fishing firm Dongwon F&B’s profitability and market shares are expected to grow in the next quarter following strong fish prices and earnings in Q3, creating a robust...
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Thai Union Nominated For Reuters Foundation Anti-Slavery Award
Thai Union Group PCL (TU), alongside six industry giants including Apple and Unilever, was shortlisted for the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s annual Stop Slavery Award. The nomination follows...
Philippines’ Mega Tuna Launches V-logs To Target Youth Market
Mega Global Corporation, one of Philippines’ top manufacturers for canned goods, kicks off its newest social media branding campaign with a series of v-logs starred by young online...
Saupiquet Launches New “100% French” Canned Tuna Range
France’s second largest canned tuna brand Saupiquet, under Bolton group, has launched a new range of products- Le Thon Entier au Naturel (canned whole, raw packed, in water)- with ambitions to...
Warren Cannon: Pioneering Tuna Boat Captain Remembered
Warren Cannon, 65, who is celebrated as a “legendary” former tuna boat captain in Gloucester, Massachusetts, has passed away recently after suffering a surfing accident in St. Augustine,...
One Final Dawn On Tsukiji Market
Japan, a nation long praised for its perennial upkeep of centuries-old traditions, will be saying farewell to its iconic Tsukiji seafood market as it concludes its final sale tomorrow, October...
Dutch Super Frozen Tuna Supplier Declares Bankruptcy
Culimer B.V., a Dutch international seafood importer, exporter, and supplier based in Rotterdam, was declared bankrupt last Tuesday, October 2. The company was reported to have fallen out with...
USDA FoodKeeper App Details Shelf Life Tuna Products
FoodKeeper is a mobile app developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide guidelines detailing the safe handling, preparation, and proper storage of fresh,...
Data Collection FADs To Be A Major Game Changer In Future
While organizations deliberate the efficacy of biodegradable FADs, research stresses a heightened priority to closely monitor existing deployed active FADs through transmitted data. The third...
Kochi Cyclone Red Alert Raises Concerns For Dispatched Tuna Vessels
A cyclone red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has prompted the nation’s Fisheries Department to recall all fishing boats back to shore. Vessels on short trips in the...
General Santos Tuna Fishermen Call For Standardized Wages
At the Philippines’ 20th Annual Tuna Festival held last month in General Santos- acclaimed as the nation’s “Tuna Capital”- media presence in the city covering the festivities gave local...
Thai Union’s Russian Processor Pushes For Expansion In Tuna Market
Last May, Thai Union ramped up its expansion targets after acquiring, through TUMD Luxembourg, a 45 percent holding in Russia’s DPR Group for USD 16 million. The group, a processor of canned...
Brunei Company’s Ambitions To Ramp Up Fishing And Processing
Golden Corporation, one of Brunei’s nascent tuna fishing companies, intends to expand its tuna fishing and processing endeavors to stimulate local economy. Golden Corporation CEO, Desmond Lim,...
Confusion Over PNG FIA Status On MSC Process
According to an article in the PNG newspaper The National today, the local Fishing Industry Association (FIA) PNG Inc. has announced that Papua New Guinea has received the Marine Stewardship...
Thai Union Contests Validity Of Class Action In Price Fixing Case
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC- under Thai Union Group PCL and conducting business as Chicken of the Sea International- is leading a group of tuna producers against commercial food preparers seeking...
WTO Fisheries Subsidies Rule Could Threaten PNG Global Sourcing
The Pacific Network on Globalization (PANG) is warning Pacific tuna nations, and specifically PNG, that the ongoing negotiations on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
IV National Congress Of Tuna: OPAGAC Will Address New APR Certificate
During next week’s IV National Congress of Tuna in Madrid (October 9), as listed on the Atuna Events Page, Spanish fleet representative OPAGAC will be announcing implementation of...
Pacific Catalyst Wants To Nurture New Pacific Leaders
With the University of South Pacific in Suva, Fiji as its headquarters- a group of educators and professionals under the name “Pacific Catalyst” plan to foster new policies and a fresh...
Ricardo Fuentes Accused Of Laundering Maltese Bluefin
A major Spanish investigation into an alleged international illegal distribution network of bluefin tuna appears to involve the largest Spanish player in the bluefin industry Ricardo...
WWF And IPNLF Want To Save Lakshadweep Pole-And-Line
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), expressing a joint effort towards the conservation of...