Despite seeing a good start to 2017, the Ecuadorian purse seine fleet is reportedly still struggling to recover from the impacts of significant reductions in tuna catch seen last year, which...
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TU-Owned Brands Expand Strongly In EU
Canned tuna brands under the Thai Union umbrella appear to have seen solid expansion in the European market, with an evident boost in shipments from some African based nations, where TU...
StarKist Takes Tuna Mascot To Court
StarKist is suing a Mexican tuna company for false advertising and unfair competition as it claims it has used an image on some products that is very similar to the Charlie the Tuna mascot,...
Consequences Of New Import Rules For US Seiner Fleet?
New US seafood import rules aren’t expected to cause the nation’s tuna purse seine fleet too much trouble, despite claims that they will be harmful for US fishermen. Some of the nine...
How Polluting Is A Tuna Cannery?
At a time when 2016 was recognized as the hottest year on record, and carbon emissions are seen as the biggest factor behind climate change, the rate at which certain companies are...
Philippines Confident In Exclusive High Seas Access
The Philippines is positive that the exclusive access its purse seine fleet currently has to High Seas Pocket 1 will continue undisrupted past the agreement’s end, at the close of 2017....
Thai Canners Lose Quarter Of EU Business
Thai canners have seen over a quarter of their EU canned tuna business evaporate, witnessing one of the biggest slips among all of the bloc’s suppliers. The latest stats in the books, (Jan-Oct...
Sea Value Workers Demand Better Benefits
More than 2,000 migrant workers from Myanmar are seeking increased welfare benefits from leading Thai tuna processor and exporter Sea Value, with reports claiming that other tuna processors in...
StarKist Bids For More A. Samoa Space
StarKist has put in a counter bid to the American Samoa government (ASG) in order to get more cold storage space for its tuna plant in the territory. A lack of freezing capacity was said by...
Are Spanish Bluefin Consumers Victims Of Fraud?
There is a “high deficiency” in the labeling of tuna, and mislabeled species are most likely to be found in restaurants, according to a recent study conducted throughout Spain. In what is...
Top 3 Growth Not Strong Enough For Thai Canners
Thai tuna canners have struggled to regain any chunk of lost export values in 2016, despite notable growth in their top three destination markets. From 2013-2015, the annual return on canned...
Product Test: How Hot Is John West’s “Street Asian”?
The energetic K-pop style music video commercial for John West Australia’s “Street Asian” tuna range has seen considerable popularity on YouTube since its release, but can the taste of the...
PNA’s Innovative Projects Require New Recruits
Managing the world’s largest sustainable skipjack fishery is not an easy job, and for the PNA, a rise in income and many new innovative projects launched means a need for stronger management...
Will Trump’s “Wall Duty” Kill Mexican Tuna Exports?
It’s not just a 50 foot concrete wall that Trump wants to put between the US and Mexico, but the 20 percent duty tariff on US imports from the country, proposed to pay for the project, could...
A Maritime Corridor For FADs?
The government of the Portuguese Azores is defending a “maritime corridor” for tuna fishing, wanting to prevent the placement of FADs too far away from the shore and keep them to a specific...
First UK Pole & Line Fishery To Be Developed
The UK has made a move to develop its first tuna pole and line fishery, by declaring a marine conservation zone in the waters of overseas territory, St Helena. A remote island located near the...
Rio Mare Launches Tuna Campaign Aimed At Poverty
Rio Mare has launched the campaign, #UnTonnoPerTutti, which is aimed at encouraging the participation of its customers, which to date have been responsible for the donation of a reported...
Albo’s Chinese Owner Climbs Back Into Profit
The Chinese owner of iconic Spanish tuna brand, Albo, is confident that it has finished 2016 with a return to profitability, stating that government subsidies and property selloffs have helped...
Avoiding Tuna Due To Mercury: “Poor Choice”
US government guidelines on how much, and what kind of fish pregnant women should eat are not well informed according to one mercury researcher who claims the advice does not take selenium...
Co-op Sets Sustainability Ultimatum For John West & Princes
Another UK retailer is pledging to source all of its tuna products from fisheries that are either MSC certified, or in a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP). The end of 2017 has been set as the...