The price for skipjack frozen whole rounds in Manta remains stable as trading slows down near the end of 2025. The value of raw materials has not been this high at the end of a year since...
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StarKist Holiday Giveaway Campaign And Other Social Media Stories
Tuna companies do not miss a chance to promote their products during the holiday season. This year, StarKist introduced a giveaway campaign for travelers. The video of bluefins attacking their...
Spanish Canners Drive EU Pre-Cooked Loins Buying As Prices Ease
EU canners increased their purchase of pre-cooked loins from Q1-Q3 2025, with Spain remaining the main destination for shipments. Prices eased over the period, with canneries paying less than...
Frime To Be Acquired By India’s Captain Fresh
Indian seafood company Captain Fresh is gearing up to acquire the major Spanish frozen tuna steak processor Frime S.A.U., intending to expand its international footprint. A spokesperson for...
Will The US Government Be Forced To Roll Back Tariffs In 2026?
The US's reciprocal tariffs have impacted global tuna trade and are continuing to do so. Many US importers, including tuna companies, have paid tariffs on goods entering the country and...
Fricam Restructuring Plan Ensures Continuation and Establishment Of Coper Group
The restructuring plan for the Frigoríficos de Cambados (Fricam) tuna processing plant in Cambados, Spain, has been approved by the Commercial Court in Vigo. The facility is wholly owned by...
EU Processors’ Demand For Loins Reach 5-Yr Peak
EU processors’ demand for pre-cooked tuna loins rose this year, with imports increasing by 17 percent in the first nine months of 2025. The business amounted to EUR 873.26 million. China was...
Plant-Based Tuna Gains Traction As Flexitarianism Grows
In the past five years, vegan tuna producers have positioned their fish-free alternatives as sustainable food source, betting on shifting consumer preferences among millennials and Gen Z....
Shanghai Kaichuang Adds New Purse Seiner To WCPO Fleet
Chinese tuna fishing company Shanghai Kaichuang has purchased a new purse seiner, ‘Junmeto,’ that will operate in the WCPO. Marshall Islands-based Pan Pacific Fishing (RMI), a wholly-owned...
EU Markets Profit From Ecuador’s Canned Tuna Influx
Ecuadorian processors shipped almost half as much canned tuna to the EU from January to September this year as in the cumulative Q3 of 2024. Spain was their biggest market, but the...
IO Skipjack Allocation For EU Fleet Sparks French Backlash As Spain Gains
The European Council of Ministers recently set the 2026 quotas for Indian Ocean skipjack for EU-flagged vessels from, France, Spain, and Italy. The French purse seine organization Orthongel...
India Eyes Lakshadweep As High-Value Tuna Hub For Global Markets
India wants to position Lakshadweep as a premium tuna hub and is pitching the remote archipelago to investors as the nucleus of a modern, sustainability-led value chain that encompasses...
Readers: Labor-Safe Labels Are Critical For Responsible Tuna Sourcing
The UK Financial Times article ‘The Dark Truth Behind Supermarket Tuna,’ published last month, claimed to have exposed allegations of crew abuse across the global tuna fleet, spanning both...
WPRFMC Warns Decisions On MPA Tuna Fishing Must Be Backed By Research
The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) concluded last week with discussions focused on whether commercial fishing...
With Lawsuits Looming, Trump Administration Secures Tariff Revenues
The Trump administration is rushing to deposit the money collected from import tariffs into the US Treasury. This tactic could make it more difficult for companies to obtain refunds for import...
Europeans’ Expenditure On Tuna & Seafood Way Behind Meat
EU households’ expenditure on meat has never been as historically higher than their spending on tuna and other seafood last year. Europeans' preference for pork, chicken, and beef was more...
Seatech Rebuts Claims About Explosives At Van Camp’s Tuna Warehouse
Colombian seafood company Seatech International has dismissed reports that explosives were discovered at a tuna warehouse operated by its Van Camp’s subsidiary, saying the claims were...
Grupo Pinsa Recognized For Driving Industrial Growth In Mazatlán
Mexican business association Canacintra recently awarded tuna fishing and processing company Grupo Pinsa for its contribution to the industrial development of Mazatlán. Leovigildo Carranza...
Maldives Offers Price Support And Fuel Discounts To Protesting Fishers
Maldives’ state-owned fish processor, MIFCO, will begin purchasing yellowfin from local fishermen at MVR 16 (USD 1.03) per kilogram, President Mohamed Muizzu said on Tuesday, following...
European Tuna Conference 2026 To Take Place In Barcelona On April 20
Atuna is pleased to announce that we will be organizing the 9th edition of the European Tuna Conference on Monday, April 20, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain. The event will take place one day...