Major Filipino tuna firm, Frabelle, is talking again of plans to start processing tuna on the PNA island nation of Kiribati, a venture that was first hinted at back in 2015, and will include...
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Tough Times Ahead For UK Fresh Tuna Sales?
Even though the fresh tuna category has been growing in UK retail sales recently, a hit could be coming for the segment, as one source explains that high raw material prices are likely to...
IO Catch Quotas: Seiners Switching From Free-School To FAD?
Yellowfin catch quotas implemented in the Indian Ocean could lead to a situation of less free-school sets and more FAD fishing in the remaining months of the year, in a bid for seiners to keep...
Strong Financial Recovery For Chinese Pingtan
Major Chinese fishing firm, Pingtan Marine Enterprise has seen a massive boost to its turnover in the first half of this year. In 2016 the company made efforts to get out of a financial slump,...
Was 2016 The Peak Of Thai Union Tuna Sales?
For this year and next, TU is expected to sell less tuna tonnage than in 2016, a trend that fits with recent indications of diversification shown from the leading firm. Last year, Thai Union’s...
More Markets Drive Vietnam’s Tuna Exports Upwards
Positive growth for Vietnamese tuna exports is continuing, with strong sales values recorded for the first half of the year. In addition to higher tuna prices likely pushing this upwards, an...
Major Investment To Boost Competitiveness Of Spanish Canners
A near EUR 200 million (USD 234 million) investment is being made to boost the competitiveness and market reach of Spanish canned tuna, as part of a plan to strengthen the seafood processing...
High Premiums Paid In BKK For Spiking Pole & Line Supply
Healthy Indian Ocean pole and line catches continue to flood Bangkok canners with big volumes of Maldivian caught skipjack, and packers are willing to pay out high prices in return. Carrying...
Australia’s Sustainable Demand Big Business For Thai Canners
Australia is one of the countries in the world with the highest share of MSC tuna sold, and the nation is a continually growing market for canners in Thailand. With Australian buyers being...
US Brands: Border Tax Could Have Killed Business
Although President Trump’s “America First” motto was at the core of his border adjustment tax (BAT) proposal, the scrapping of the plan has been fully welcomed by the group that represents the...
Investor Confidence Knocked By TU’s Weaker Profits
A recent dent in Thai Union’s usually stronger profits has further knocked investor confidence, after stockholders already showed concern over the company’s latest sustainability reforms and...
How The ‘Internet Of Things’ Can Be Utilized For Tuna
Japanese tuna farming company Sojitz Corporation is improving the technology of its aquaculture business in a bid to better the accuracy and efficiency of its practices, through utilizing the...
BKK Skipjack Market: Canners Shun Higher Prices
Despite attempts from suppliers to push prices modestly higher, the Bangkok whole round skipjack price remains steady, as packers refuse to conclude at the even further elevated levels. At USD...
Tribute To PNA Leader Who “Got Things Done” On Sustainable Tuna
A long-serving PNA leader from the Marshall Islands, who had repeatedly received international recognition for groundbreaking initiatives to support sustainable development, sadly died on...
Chile Gets Involved In Tuna Fishing
Chile has taken its first steps to get involved in tuna fishing, as the country wins approval to become a cooperating non-party state of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC),...
Mexican Fishery: Is MSC Certification Justified?
The expected MSC certification of the Mexican skipjack and yellowfin fishery’s free-school and dolphin-associated operations has not gone without criticism, with NGO WWF having uttered its...
Olympic Quotas Don’t Belong In Most Tuna Fisheries
Even though so-called “Olympic” catch quotas have been introduced in several ocean areas as conservation measures for tuna stocks, there is dispute over the effect this system has on...
Chicken Of The Sea Pumps $1.4 Million Into US Canning Boost
Major US canned tuna firm, Chicken of the Sea, is investing USD 1.4 million into upgrades at its Lyons, Georgia based processing plant, with a new tuna canning line set to be fitted. With...
Trump Administration: Bluefin Not Endangered
The US President Donald Trump administration has rejected a petition from NGOs calling for Pacific bluefin tuna to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The decision states that the...
The Over 16,000km Long Journey For Vanuatu’s Tuna
Although the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has one of the world’s most tuna-rich waters right on its doorstep, consumers in the country cannot yet get their hands on canned tuna that has...