As East-Asian countries are preparing to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year on February 1, popular Korean brands are releasing gift sets with various tuna products in eco-friendly packaging...
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US Millionaire Chooses Canned Pet Food To Make Sandwiches
Canned pet food is a growing business for the tuna industry as owners are buying healthy and tasty options for their pets. An American businesswoman, Amy Elizabeth, garnered attention last...
Tuna Has Major Role To Play In Future EU Food Security
EU authorities are looking into the drivers of food security for the region's people. An in-depth analysis shows that although the availability of food is currently not at stake in Europe, the...
StarKist Might Still Have To Pay Washington State For Price-Fixing
A Washington appeals court has asked a lower court to determine how much StarKist should pay the state’s consumers for the impact of the price-fixing conspiracy that the tuna company was...
Decreasing EU Yellowfin Production Forces Import Increase To Meet Demand
EU is one of the largest markets for yellowfin where it is mostly sold in cans, frozen, or steaks. Italy, France, and Spain are the top consumers in this region. Although EU production has...
Five-Hour Fishing Battle And Other Social Media Trends
Anglers Break Record With 900-pound Bluefin Catch Captain John Cruise and his fellow anglers were in for a surprise when they landed a 900-pound bluefin (408 kg) off the coast of North...
EU Alerts: Histamine In Tuna Poisons People In Slovakia And Latvia
Incidents involving tuna were reported in the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) across Latvia, Slovakia, and multiple cases from Portugal. Slovakia notified an excess...
Atalanta’s New Smoked Tuna Products Answer To Plant-Forward Meals Demand
The Table One brand – owned by US-based food importer Atalanta Corporation – has launched a new line of ready-to-eat smoked tuna products. The wild-caught tuna is wood-smoked and comes in five...
EU Imports Half Of Its Albacore To Meet Market Demand
EU markets such as Spain, Italy, and France have a preference for albacore with products retailed as Bonito del norte or Thon Blanc. Nearly half of the tuna is imported to meet the demand in...
Tuna-Like Species Might Soon Fall Under USA’s SIMP
The US is stepping up its efforts in cracking down on illegal seafood entering the country. Fisheries officials have announced plans to expand the number of species that will fall under the...
FISH Standard Aims For More Recognition, Applies For SSCI Bench Marking
Social sustainability issues such as forced labor and poor working conditions on board vessels are widely discussed in the tuna fishing industry. Many certifications aim to bring more...
Toyosu New Year Tuna Auction Bid Does Not Hit Record
After two years of the COVID-19 slump, operations at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market are in full swing. The highest bid for the first bluefin auction of the year reached JPY 36 million (USD...
Spanish Cannery Seeks Govt Support To Pay Its Staff
Uncertainty looms around Spanish tuna processor Cerdeimar. The company, located in Camariñas (Galicia region in Spain), owes EUR 4800 to EUR 5000 in salary to each of its 60 employees since...
Dongwon Tuna Cube Collects Korea’s Top Food Award
Dongwon's Tuna Cube ready-made meal, launched in 2021, won the food and seafood processing category of the ‘2022 Korea Food and Food Tech Awards'. It is made exclusively with a fish mold...
How 30 Years Of The EU Single Market Has Impacted Tuna Trade Flows
This year marks 30 years since several countries created the single European market which began with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in early 1992. This move led to an unprecedented...
IATTC Concludes 2-Year Study On DFAD Impact On Turtle Bycatch
The IATTC staff have been rigorously researching how to reduce the impact of drifting FADs on sea turtles. The RFMO will soon publish several reports on a two-year study conducted with experts...
IOTC Announces Yellowfin Catch Limits For 2023
The IOTC has released its yellowfin limits for 2023 for all tuna fishing fleets catching the species in the Indian Ocean Convention Area. An interim plan for rebuilding the IO yellowfin stock...
New Study Underlines The High Value In Tuna Waste
A new study reveals that the enzymatic hydrolysis of tuna waste, a chemical that plays a crucial role in digestion, is of high value and can go into the making of goods like tuna oil and Fish...
Tuna Longliner Tests Wind Propulsion “eSAIL” System For Fuel Savings
Fuel makes up a large part of operating expenses for tuna fishing companies and other vessel operators but what if there is a solution to reducing costs as well as making the fishing activity...
Cofaco Workers’ Strike Continues To April
The strike at Portuguese canned tuna and seafood firm Cofaco on the Azores, which started on September 1 last year, is continuing. The workers' union announced yesterday that the protest has...