Ahold USA’s private label canned tuna range is now stamped with MSC certification, which consists of two Nature’s Promise tuna products sold in American supermarkets. Cans of chunk light...
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UK Retail Tuna Sales Fall Further
A period of decline is not easing for UK retail shelf-stable tuna sales, as the latest numbers show that both the value and volume of this market continues to slide. Decline could already be...
John West NZ Now 100% Pacifical MSC
John West New Zealand has announced that all of its canned skipjack tuna is now MSC certified, sourced through the PNA MSC tuna marketing arm; Pacifical. The brand is fully owned and supplied...
Big Tagging Project To Reveal Pacific Bigeye Status
A 36 day tagging research expedition that’s mostly concentrated on the migratory habits of bigeye tuna in the Western Pacific has been completed. The study “will have important implications...
US Seafood Rising, Only Tuna Is Falling
Although overall seafood consumption has grown significantly among Americans, new statistics show that tuna was the only species in the canned segment to suffer a popularity drop last year....
Ecuador: EU Free Trade Gets The Go-Ahead
With the official signing expected to come next month, Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Trade has announced that its long term free trade deal with the EU, Peru and Colombia, has been given the...
Eroski Increases Its ‘Buy Basque’ Tuna Focus
With nearly 1,000 outlets across Spain, Basque born supermarket chain Eroski, has marked a significant rise in its bonito del norte (Atlantic albacore) purchases, as part of its ‘Buy Basque’...
MSC Tuna Top Option For “All” WWF Offices
Despite the recent recirculation of a somewhat confusing statement from WWF US President of Fisheries Conservation, Dr. William Fox, the NGO’s Oceans Communications team stresses that “all”...
Filipino Interest In Tri Marine Samoa Plant
Following the “indefinite” closure of Tri Marine’s American Samoa-based tuna processing plant, reports from local press state that the owner of a Filipino firm has toured the facility with...
Mozambique Tuna Bond Drops To Record Low
Mozambique’s USD 726 million tuna bond has fallen to a new low after the government disclosed that it would have to restructure its debts to be able to recover from its “debt distress” and...
Overcapacity Means American Samoa Needs More Support
American Samoa needs more financial support in a period when the global tuna industry is at overcapacity in both fishing and processing, which according to Tri Marine International Chief...
Organic Tuna?
Conservas Serrats, an artisanal seafood processing and distribution firm based in Spain’s Basque Country, has launched a new range of tuna products that it calls organic. The company places an...
Anova US’ Smoked Tuna Insurance Claim Denied
A claim by US tuna firm, Anova Foods LLC, arguing that it was bullied into paying half of its settlement fees to Hawaii International Seafood Inc., after a patent dispute, has been denied. In...
STANDPOINT: MSC Is Too Difficult For Tuna Fisheries
Many tuna fisheries struggle to reach the level of sustainability required to achieve MSC certification, according to MSC Global Fisheries Coordinator, Jim Humphreys. Tuna fisheries also seem...
Reader Opinions Split On Unified Ecuador Label
Last week we wanted to know your opinion on the unified logo for Ecuador’s tuna products, asking in our latest poll if you agreed or disagreed with the following standpoint: Global brands will...
Dutch Shoppers Should Only Look For MSC
Canned tuna with MSC certification is being promoted in Dutch national press as the most sustainable option on the market. In an article by the Dutch newspaper de Volksrant the journalist...
Unstoppable Expansion Of US “Fake Tuna” Market
Compared to last year, there has been over a 60 percent rise in the volume of what has been described as “fake tuna” entering the US market, labelled as “Chunk Light”. The growth in this...
Peru Authorities Seize Tuna Headed For Ecuador
A load of frozen whole round yellowfin tuna being transported to Ecuador from Peru was seized by personnel from the Peruvian Ministry of Production and national police agents, following the...
TU Shortlisted For Stop Slavery Award
Thai Union has been acknowledged for its efforts to ensure slave labor and human trafficking does not exist within its operations, and has now been nominated for a “Stop Slavery Award.” The...
Cannery Workers Get Salary Rise Promise
An agreement has been signed between Alimentos Polar management and the workers at the firm’s Atún Margarita tuna canning plant in Sucre State, Venezuela, after three months of demonstrations...