Tuna firms looking to boost their sales next year may want to look out for the following trends that have been highlighted by food and drink industry researchers. Lu Ann Williams, Director of...
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Insurer Argues Anova US’ Smoked Tuna Appeal
An insurer is urging appeal courts to uphold its previous win, stating that a lower court was right to find it had no duty to defend US tuna firm, Anova Food Inc. This is in reference to two...
Dual Identity IUU Longliner “On The Run”
A Taiwanese-owned longliner that was previously flagged to Thailand is described as being on the run after committing IUU offences in the Indian Ocean since 2014. The current identity and...
Walmart’s Online Orders Surge, Attracts New Suppliers
The world’s biggest retailer, Walmart, has seen shares surge to an all-time high and the company has reported strong growth online with e-commerce sales up by 50 percent. As more of its...
Crew Abandon Sinking US Longliner Off Hawaii
Six crew members were rescued by the Coast Guard when the US-flagged longliner they were working on started sinking around 160 kilometers from Hawaii. The vessel, named Jane, which has a gross...
IO Skipjack Quotas May Also Be “Olympic” Style
With the possible implementation of a skipjack catch quota in the Indian Ocean for 2018, there are indications from the Seychelles that the limits may be set in an “Olympic” style, which was...
Kenya To Take Advantage Of Its Million Dollar EEZ
Kenya plans to increase its tuna exports as part of tripling its annual fish production, as the government believes there is “huge potential” in the country’s west Indian Ocean EEZ. It has...
Cheaper Canned Tuna Substitutes Fresh Fish In Malta
Buyers in Malta, a country that already has a strong taste for ambient seafood, have significantly upped their imports of canned tuna in the eight first months of this year. The main reasons...
1st Blockchain Transaction In Frozen Tuna Claimed By Spanish Bank
Spanish bank BBVA claims it has completed the first blockchain-based import-export transaction between Europe and Latin America, cutting down over a week long trading time on a frozen tuna...
Ecuador’s Cost Leadership Conquers Bigger EU Share
Ecuador’s price positioning, along with duty free trade, has seen canners in the country outcompete other major suppliers to gain an even stronger foothold in the EU market. As several...
Former Mexican Processing Hub Needs To “Forget” Tuna
Ensenada, located in Baja California not far from the US border, was once the main tuna hub of Mexico. The growth of the Mexican fleet, and the tuna industry’s switching focus to the domestic...
Indonesia’s Iron Lady Fears For Tuna Stocks Once She’s Gone
Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister or “Iron Lady” is fearful that the strong measures she has put in place to protect the country’s fish resources, will be dissolved after elections, which are due...
Marine Reserve Expected To Cause Decline In Mexican Fleet’s Catch
The Mexican government has created a marine reserve in the Eastern Pacific Ocean despite members of the nation’s tuna industry opposing the decision. The Mexican purse seine fleet has raised...
Confident Spanish Canners Keep Expanding In EU
Spanish tuna canners have reason to be confident in their EU market competitiveness, having boosted their exports substantially in the first eight months of this year. From January to August,...
StarKist Resumes Production After 5-Week Shutdown
StarKist’s tuna cannery in American Samoa is resuming operations, after being shut down for five weeks to fit new equipment. The doors of the factory have been closed since October 21st, after...
Alibaba Buys $2.9b Major Stake In Chinese Retail Giant
E-commerce conglomerate Alibaba is making significant investment in brick-and-mortar grocery, having bought a USD 2.9 billion major stake in China’s largest retailer, Sun Art Retail Group. The...
Could IO Seiners Soon Also Face Skipjack Limits?
Purse seiners fishing in the Indian Ocean could possibly face skipjack catch limits next year, if recommendations from the Scientific Committee, due early next month, suggest implementing the...
PNA Blocks Road To Flag State Management In WCPO
The PNA sees no benefits in introducing a flag state based management system for the tuna fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific, and will block such initiatives. The current zone-based...
Greenpeace: 3 French Brands Nearly 100% Sustainable
The canned tuna market in France is increasingly making its way towards sustainability, Greenpeace notes in a new ranking of the nation’s top tuna brands. Thai Union owned Petit Navire ends up...
StarKist’s Year-Long MSC Pursuit Gets Official Stamp
After nearly a year in assessment, American Samoa EEZ longline albacore and yellowfin tuna catch has been officially MSC certified, a pursuit that was led by StarKist. In December 2016,...