More customers are taking advantage of increased traceability of seafood, using QR codes at a chain of five restaurants that reveal where the fish was caught and its sustainability status. The...
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Ecuador Fuels German Market Increase, PNG Falls Back
Ecuador has passed PNG and the Philippines on its climb to take the top spot as the main canned tuna supplying nation for German importers. The South American country has regained its 2011...
Canners Have 13 Years Postponement On Minimum Wage
With a current minimum wage level of USD 4.76 in the American Samoa tuna canning industry, coupled with legislation delays pushing back the next increase until September 2015, workers in the...
Increased Supply Of ‘Purse Seine Special’ Tuna
The falling price of yellowfin tuna on the Bangkok market, coupled with continued fishing of suitably sized tuna in the EEZ of the Solomon Islands, is driving an increase in ‘Purse Seine...
Dongwon Takes Legal Action Against Liberia Agent On Fraud
Dongwon Industries is suing local Liberian agency, Inter-Burgo and its owner, Jeong Dal Park, over claims of forged fishing licenses. According to Undercurrent News, the legal action is being...
Can Unrest Wreck Thailand’s Economy And Exports?
On the eve of the World Tuna Conference held in Bangkok, the current state of Thailand’s economy comes to light. As exports remain weak and domestic activity has been depressed by months of...
Vietnam’s Investments Starting To Pay Off
Vietnam is emerging as an increasingly important canned tuna supplier for many European Union countries, with exports displaying dramatic growth last year. Across nearly all European regions,...
Study: Healthy Foods Become Higher Priority For More Americans
More people in the US are becoming concerned about healthy eating, and are using this as a motivator when purchasing food. A new study found that 71 percent of surveyed Americans said that the...
Mexicans Want To Go For Scientific Rigor On Yellowfin Fisheries
Mexico is considering the best options to address the “horribly inaccurate global market perceptions that have been created and sustained by the false and deceptive dolphin safe scheme...
Fitch Credit Rating Warns About EMATUM Project
State-owned Mozambique tuna company, EMATUM, may not be all it’s made out to be, as international ratings agency, Fitch, issues warnings about the project. It was announced by Fitch that the...
FOS Certification For Sri Lankan Yellowfin Company
Sri Lankan company, Lihini Seafoods Ltd has effectively completed the Friend of the Sea (FOS) audit for yellowfin tuna. The “sustainability seal of approval” can now be stamped on derived...
Senegal Tuna Deal Defended By EU
The EU is defending a fishing agreement it made with Senegal, saying that it was a good deal for the country. Shielding itself from criticism from local fishermen who say their rights are...
MW Brands Firms Grip On French Canned Market
MW Brands, through its IOT cannery in Seychelles, continues to firm its dominance in the French canned tuna market. With its brand Petite Navire, being the Mediterranean nation brand leader,...
Half Of Spanish Seiners Fly Foreign Flags
Basque companies are in ownership of nine to ten percent of the global purse seine tuna fleet. According to research by Robert Ugalde, Accounting Professor of UPV/EHU (University of the Basque...
Thai Union’s First QTR Profit Up 40%
The world’s largest canned tuna producing company has announced huge profit rises of 40 percent year on year for 2014’s first quarter. The three month period has seen Thai Union’s revenue...
Can Ecuador’s Exports To EU Continue To Grow? What Did You Think?
Following a positive result for 2013, can Ecuador, one of the world’s largest canned tuna producing nations, continue its trend? Last year, the South American country displayed significant...
Mexico Going For MSC On Dolphin Associated Catch
The Mexican tuna industry is seeking acknowledgement that its dolphin associated fishing catch is sustainable, in the quest for MSC certification. According to information obtained by...
Increased Sales Of USA Tuna On Promotion
US retailers have invested more in tuna this year, selling a significantly higher volume of canned tuna on promotion in the first quarter. During January to March, when the ‘diet’ season kicks...
Maldives To Limit Exports Frozen Pole And Line Catch
The Maldives wants to increase domestic production and reduce the amount of frozen and raw pole and line tuna that is exported from the island nation. Dr. Mohamed Shainy stresses that the...
Which Has A More Efficient “Engine”: A Tuna Or A Whale?
It seems almost incomparable to relate the efficiency of a large gray whale to a much smaller skipjack tuna, but researchers at Northwestern University have done it. Developing a new way to...