Spain’s largest supermarket in terms of turnover, Mercadona, is emphasizing that all of its private label canned tuna comes from suppliers that are committed to sustainability. Its main tuna...
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Amazon Rolls Out Free 2 Hour Whole Foods Delivery
US ecommerce giant Amazon will start offering free two-hour deliveries of grocery products, such as seafood, from Whole Foods’ stores. Some other online supermarkets offer same-day delivery,...
Bluefin Makes BBC’s Top Nutritious Foods List
The most valuable tuna species, bluefin, has made a list of the top 100 nutritious raw foods, put together by BBC. Although seafood features heavily in the ranking, bluefin is the only tuna...
WATCH: St. Helena’s Traditional Fishermen In Action
The UK territory of St Helena, a remote island located in the South Atlantic, is home to traditional pole and line fisheries that go back hundreds of years. The artisanal method has been...
“Westernized” Japan Pays Big Prices For Thai Tuna
Japanese importers are displaying a healthy demand for canned tuna, which many credit to more westernized taste buds, but their preference for higher quality products still persists, and is...
Reflagging & J/Vs Makes PNA’s “Own Seiner Fleet” Grow
The domestically flagged tuna purse seine fleet operating in PNA waters is rising year on year, while the number of foreign flagged seiners continues to drop, PNA’s CEO Ludwig Kumoru is...
Amazon Stealing Business From UK Supermarkets At Rapid Rate
Consumers in the UK are using online retail outlets such as Amazon and Ocado at a rapid pace, and Amazon in particular has a larger share of the market in Britain than in the US. Physical...
Big Shift In Mexico’s Full Year Catch
As full year 2017 EPO catch data is revealed, a major shift in species caught by Mexican purse seiners stands out, supporting signs earlier in the year of a changing focus from the fleet....
Retailers Hold Back Austrian Tuna Market Growth
Canned fish is increasing in popularity in Austria, with tuna especially said to be in high demand among consumers. However, this trend is not wholly witnessed in the latest import statistics,...
2017 A Great Year For US Canned Tuna Imports
Total US seafood imports took a leap up last year, and bigger purchases of canned tuna were a key part of the drive. A larger volume of tuna products reaching US buyers is particularly...
Ecuador’s “Spectacular” Start Keeps Up Full Year Catch
A “spectacular” first four months led Ecuador’s purse seine fleet to report a distinct rise in full year 2017 tuna catch, despite a drop in overall landings being seen in the EPO. By notably...
New Report Suggests IUU Operators May Exploit “More Porous” EU Borders
A new report suggests the European Commission’s yellow card warnings are making it difficult for illegal seafood operators to enter some EU markets, but the findings also indicate products are...
How Big Is The Sustainable Certified Tuna Market Really?
There has been a notable rise in the amount of tuna fisheries and products with MSC certification, and while showing an increasing awareness of sustainability, can create challenges with...
How Big Is The Sustainable Certified Tuna Market Really?
There has been a notable rise in the amount of tuna fisheries and products with MSC certification, and while showing an increasing awareness of sustainability, can create challenges with...
Bolton Assures Consumers With Its Own ‘Responsible Quality’ Logo
The ‘Responsible Quality’ logo, which can be found on all of the tuna brands owned by Italian Bolton Alimentari, even those with MSC, expresses the company’s commitment to “360-degree...
Asian Tuna Firms See Slight Recovery After Stock Market Fall
The sharp stock market decline that started in the United States on Monday also hit several countries in Asia. Some major tuna firms in the region saw their share price hit year-lows,...
UK Supermarkets Commit To Cut Food Waste
The amount of food wasted in the global food industry, as well as within households, is becoming an increasing concern in several countries. In the UK, supermarket chain Aldi has recently...
Taiwan Boosts Higher Value Business With Bangkok
Deliveries of whole round tuna from Taiwanese flagged vessels to Bangkok have continued to show a distinct shift, with more higher value species landed, but less deals concluded on...
Pole & Line Supplying Maldives In Political Crisis
The world leading pole and line tuna supplying nation, the Maldives, has been brought into political crisis after the country’s President refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to...
New Ambitious Plans For Thai Union’s Seychelles Cannery
The new General Manager of the Seychelles tuna plant, Indian Ocean Tuna Limited (IOT), shared his future plans for the cannery following his meeting with the country’s President, Danny Faure....