Canned tuna sales in the US have stabilized after it hit its peak in March this year, according to the latest figures. By the end of week 28 (July 12), just over eight million pounds of...
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Bangkok Sharply Increases Albacore Imports And Production
In the first half of 2020, Thailand took in less volume of frozen whole round frozen skipjack compared to the year before but sharply increased its albacore buying. Up to Q2 2020, a total...
Maldives To Liberalize Skipjack Tuna Trade
The Maldivian Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture has broadened the possibilities for companies to purchase skipjack with the aim to improve its domestic tuna industry....
Will FTA Make Ecuadorian Tuna Flood Mexican Market?
There is dissatisfaction among Mexican tuna industry professionals about their national government signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Ecuador. They fear that low-priced and low-quality...
Phytoplankton Size Can Help Predict Annual Tuna Catch
Two scientists have published a new study that can help predict the catch rate of bigeye for up to four years in the Hawaii longline fishery by using information about the sizes of...
SKJ1.8:BKK Price Follows Its Predictable Path
The rise in the Bangkok skipjack price is showing the same trend as we have seen in the past few years during the month of August. According to Atuna sources, deals are being made at much...
Colombian Outcry Over Japanese Longliner License
Colombian National Fishing Authority (AUNAP) has granted a license to Japanese longliner Koyo Marú No. 7 permitting it to fish for tuna in the nation's Atlantic Ocean EEZ. This has created...
TU Updates On Russian Cannery Shares
Today, Thai Union announced additional information about its acquisition of shares in TUMD Luxembourg S.à.r.l, which Atuna reported on recently. Thai Union currently holds 49,732,490 shares,...
Balfegó: Fishermen Who Netted Dead Tunas Will Get Paid
Last January during a heavy storm that hit Catalonia, Spain, hundreds of farmed bluefin from tuna company Balfegó escaped or were thrown out of their cages, located three miles off the coast...
Liberia Takes Steps To Secure Local Crew For Own Fleet
Liberia is taking further steps in strengthening its own tuna sector. Its National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) recently announced that it has secured job opportunities for 10...
Walmart Now 100% MSC For Its Chunk Light
In a totally game-changing move, Walmart, the world’s largest company, has switched its own Great Value Chunk Light to 100 percent MSC certified and has priced it very competitively. Atuna...
Abused Chinese Longliner Crew Fights For Full Pay
Several crew members of the Chinese tuna longliner, ‘Long Xing 629’ have yet to be compensated for their work on the vessel for 18 months, even after having performed under almost “slave-like...
Seafood Expo Asia, Yet Another 2020 Event Cancelled
The 2020 Seafood Expo Asia edition, which was scheduled to take place on November 18-20 in Singapore has been canceled due to ongoing health and safety issues caused by the coronavirus...
TU Owns Majority Of Leading Russian Tuna Producer’s Shares
Thai Union has taken control of the vast majority of shares of Russia’s number one canned tuna producer, the DPR Group. On August 11, Thai Union Group (TU) announced the approval for the...
One Fisherman Dead After Canadian Tuna Troller Capsizes
At least one fisherman has died after the Canadian-based tuna fishing boat, ‘Arctic Fox II’ capsized southwest of Port Renfrew about 136 kilometers offshore of Cape Flattery, Washington, on...
Record US Sales For Thai Canners In H1 2020
So far, 2020 has been a very strong year for Thai canners. The figures for the second quarter (Q2) showed a sturdy increase in their canned tuna export volume, reaching the highest level in at...
Ramirez: Oldest Operating Cannery In The World
Portuguese company, Ramirez & Cª (Filhos), SA, has the oldest operating fish canning factory in the world. Founded 167 years ago, the company has been run by the same family for five...
Carrefour Increases MSC Albacore For Stores In Spain
French supermarket chain, Carrefour, reported on Tuesday that it will be increasing its purchase of pole-and-line caught MSC certified albacore for its stores in Spain this year. It plans to...
Good First Quarter For Alliance Select, Shares Recovering
The Philippines’ tuna and seafood company, Alliance Select, revealed positive results for the first quarter of the year. This is good news for the firm as last year it experienced negative...
Thai Union Surviving Despite Red Lobster Blow
Thai Union released its 2Q 2020 figures today reporting that the company managed to increase its net profit by 13.4 percent year-on-year despite lockdown closure of its Red Lobster restaurant...