A new acknowledgment was given to the Thai Union Group for its Yellowfin Tuna Slice. It received the runner-up award in the Product Design category at the Innovation Thailand Expo 2019...
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Atuna Poll: Is There A Growing Demand For Tuna?
Lately, there has been news stating that there is a “booming demand” for tuna and that global tuna catches have increased by more than 1000 percent over the past 60 years. For example, The...
No Major Price Decline In Seychelles’ Market
Seychelles’ market for frozen whole round skipjack and yellowfin is more in balance as the supply and the demand are better attuned to each other. This is reflected by a relatively...
Readers: US Consumers Will Choose Higher Quality Albacore
In spite of the higher price of albacore products, an overwhelming 80 percent of our readers believe that the US demand for this quality tuna product will grow. They expect that US consumers...
Financing Modernization Of Ecuadorian Fleet A Problem
The Ecuadorian tuna fleet is interested in modernization but investment is an issue, according to Bruno Leone, President of the National Chamber of Fisheries of Ecuador. In an interview...
Doubling Of Ecuadorian Diesel Prices Called Off
After over a week of violent protests that rocked the nation, the Ecuadorian government reached an agreement with the protest leaders to restore fuel subsidies to end the...
Activities At Mexican Port Manzanillo Back To Normal
Ten days after a fire broke on board Mexican tuna company GrupoMar’s purse seiner ‘Maria Veronica’, activities at Port Manzanillo are up and running as usual.The fishing vessel was docked...
Maldives Exports Grew In September
Maldives increased its overall consignments by 22 percent to MVR 166 million (USD 10.78 million) due to an improvement in fishing. According to the nation’s Customs Service, MVR 75...
“Love Fest” Between USA And China Postpones Higher Tuna Tariffs
Trump said it is "a very substantial phase one deal," explaining that the agreement could be compared to a "love fest" after months of friction. Chinese state media approached it differently,...
Jealsa CEO Wants Spanish Sustainability Standard EU-Wide
When talking about a new regulatory framework at a meeting of business leaders in Madrid, Jesus Alonso, CEO of Spanish tuna company Jealsa, promoted the extension of the Spanish...
StarKist Settles Ammonia Violation At STP Plant
After the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) observed unsafe management of anhydrous ammonia at the Samoa Tuna Processors plant (STP) in Pago Pago, American Samoa, StarKist Samoa Co....
MSC For Liancheng’s LongLiners In Marshall’s EEZ
Longliners under the management of the Marshall Islands Fishing Venture (MIFV) have achieved Marine Stewardship Council’s certification for sustainable fishing for bigeye and yellowfin in the...
Tokyo’s Toyosu Bluefin Auction Going Strong
One year after the relocation of the most popular fish public sales in the world, the Tokyo bluefin auction from Tsukiji to Toyosu, the new fish market,...
John West UK Reports Steep Profit Increase
UK’s largest canned tuna company, John West UK, experienced a major increase in its gross and operating profits in 2018 over a declining turnover. The Thai Union-owned brand reported a...
Difference Between Single And Double Cleaned Loins?
A pre-cooked tuna can be single or double cleaned. What is the difference and how is it done? To explain the difference, we'll give a brief insight into the tuna loining process. First,...
Sales Of MSC Tuna And Seafood Hits 1 Million Tons
A memorable limit of one million M/T of globally sold MSC-certified tuna and seafood has been reached, says the Marine Stewardship Council's annual report 2018-2019 on October 10. In the...
Tunisian Manar Thon Starts Alliance With Tea Company
Tuna cannery, Manar Thon, will be receiving financial backing from the investment arm of a Tunisian bank for its alliance with Moroccan tea and sugar distributor, Somathes. BMCE...
Korean Seiners Still Best Performing In WCPO
Purse seiners from fishing nation South Korea continue to perform better than those from all other countries when it comes to skipjack and yellowfin catches per day, especially in the...
Mexico Exported Record Worth Of Bluefin In 2018
Mexico exported USD 123 million worth of bluefin in 2018, which was higher than the previous record of USD 87.5 million in 2016. However, 2019 might surpass the previous marks. Already...
ELAPS Tuna Closure Will Hurt Am. Samoa Economy
The governor for American Samoa is unhappy with the NMFS’s decision to close the Effort Limit Area for Purse Seine (ELAPS) area as he said that it would hurt the territory's economy. ...