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Skipjack Price: Bets Are Spread
You’ve been placing your bets on where the Bangkok whole round skipjack price will peak, and for how much longer we might see increases in the global benchmark market. The Bangkok Skipjack...
US Big 3 Face Invading Competition
The growth of smaller niche canned tuna brands in the US market will be unstoppable competition for the nation’s Big 3, unless substantial changes are made; changes that some believe the...
Vietnam Fights For Free Tuna Trade After Ditched TPP
Tuna processors in Vietnam are fighting for more competitiveness in the Japanese market, calling for import tariffs on end products to be eliminated, as they already have been for other Asian...
EU Seiners Register To Become Available In Real Time
Updates to the EU’s fleet register will soon be available in real time, thanks to the adoption of a new regulation by the Commission. This will make it easier for member states to revise the...
Mareblu Tempts Customers With Vacation Prize
Consumers of Mareblu canned tuna products now have the chance to win flight discount vouchers and a cruise for two as part of the Italian brand's newest promotional campaign. All shoppers...
The Landslide That Changes US Food Service Tuna Demand
Tuna-like species like Euthynnus Affinis are increasingly sold in the US food service market segment, a trend resulting in reduced imports of the traditional main commercial tuna species,...
‘Hobz Biz-Zejt’ Makes Maltese EU No.1 Tuna Consumers
The Maltese’s love for the staple meal of sourdough bread filled with tuna is making the nation the number one in Europe when it comes to canned fish consumption. The high cost of fresh fish...
Lower Duties Likely For Indonesian Tuna
Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Indonesia have now completed their second round, talks which could end with zero duty trade in canned tuna. Despite reporting...
Strong Dongwon Outperforms Other Asian Tuna Stocks
On a global scale, South Korean equities are the only to have recorded inflows since the November election of US President, Donald Trump, and the nation’s largest tuna firm, Dongwon Industries...
Fiji Fleet Plans To Move In On Neighboring EEZs
Fiji is working to expand its fishing grounds and get tuna catching rights in the waters of its neighboring nations. Declining tuna stocks in its own waters is a factor encouraging the country...
SPC Celebrates 70 Years Of Tuna Research
The Pacific Community (SPC) recently marked 70 years of working for the development of the Pacific island region, stating that it can now point to a long list of achievements made in the area,...
TU Shares Customer Base With Other Exporters
President and CEO of Thai Union, Thiraphong Chansiri, will provide advice to the Thai government on how to penetrate the US market. As a “regional advisor”, he will provide lists of food...
WWF App: Complete Or Confusing?
Spanish seafood consumers are set to receive help in making sustainable decisions. WWF has released an app packed with information about gear types, aquaculture and FAO zones, designed to be...
Spanish Fleet Wants Temporary Shut Downs On Yellowfin
Spanish tuna operators are pushing for more effective control measures in the Pacific, Indian and the Atlantic Ocean in order to protect tuna stocks. OPAGAC, which represent around 40 seiners...
Vegan Toona No Competition For The Real Deal
Plant-based alternatives to meat and fish are steadily growing in both the US and EU market, also seeing the introduction of substitutes for tuna. But can the vegan “toona” product live up to...
Marshalls Seeks Policy To Secure Millions And Future
The Marshall Islands is seeking to build a tuna conservation program with other island nations, in a bid to protect and grow what is this year forecasted to be a USD 25 million revenue stream....
Advancing SKJ Price Makes Canners Buy Hand To Mouth
An end to a long drawn-out climb in the Bangkok skipjack price over the past few months shows no sign of materializing, as the market has witnessed yet another increment in levels quoted in...
Japan’s Fishermen Ignore Conservation Policy
Multiple examples of vessels fishing for Pacific bluefin tuna (PBT) without proper licenses have been unearthed in Japan, throwing into doubt the nation’s credibility where managing stocks of...
Indonesia’s Iron Lady Wants Outright FAD Ban
FADs will be totally prohibited from Indonesian waters all year round if the nation’s Fisheries Minister, nicknamed the “Iron Lady”, acts on recent comments that indicate a strong government...