The EU prohibits travelers from third countries looking to enter its jurisdiction from introducing certain food goods such as canned tuna. As the Brexit transition period is now officially...
Pages
Zhoushan Seafood Trading Center Hit Record Tuna Volume In 2020
The China Ocean Squid Trading Center in Zhoushan traded 60,000 tons of tuna last year, according to Zhejiang Online. In addition, the trading volume hit a record-high and exceeded CNY 3.5...
Tri-Union Seafoods Settles All Antitrust Litigation In US
Today, Thai Union Group (TU) informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) that its subsidiary, Tri-Union Seafoods, has reached a final agreement to settle the remaining antitrust litigation...
Coronavirus Cuts 1st Bluefin Auction Price By 90%
Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market’s New Year auctions usually result in exorbitant prices being offered for bluefin, but not this year. Today, the most expensive bid was by a Tokyo-based sushi...
Mexican Fisherman Dies After Boat Smashes Conservationists’ Vessel
A fisherman died in the Gulf of California after his vessel collided with a bigger one used by the US conservationist group Sea Shepherd, reported BBC. The organization claims that the...
Tuna Recommended In Fat-Blasting Diet To Start 2021
After indulging during the year-end holidays, many people always plan to eat healthier food and lose some weight at the beginning of a new year. So in January, numerous diets to get rid of...
Sharp Profit Decrease For John West UK
Twenty-nineteen was a rough year for the Thai Union-owned UK retailer, John West Foods. Its annual turnover went down from GBP 186.4 million (USD 253.5 million) in 2018 to GBP 165.9 million...
Peruvian Tuna Fisher Drowns Tangled In Seiner’s Net
A fisherman died on board the Peruvian-flagged tuna purse seiner ‘Eten Diez’ on December 20. The tragic event occurred after the 47-year-old chief of deck, Gerald John Ibarburu...
Bumble Bee Nautic Design Considered Among The Year’s Best
Bumble Bee’s new logo and layout were chosen as the Best New Packaging Re-Design of 2020 by NOSH.com. This website covers the world of entrepreneurial packaged food companies focused on...
Canada Wanted Reduced Tuna Quota In Western Atlantic
Canada would have preferred if the quota for Western Atlantic bluefin had been reduced for 2021. ICCAT recently rolled over the existing total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,350 M/T for the next...
WTO Misses Deadline On Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
The World Trade Organization's (WTO) negotiators failed to meet the December 14 deadline to agree on rules to ban harmful fisheries subsidies as part of the UN's sustainable development...
WCPFC Measure On Mobulid Ray Bycatch Starts In 2021
The WCPFC's Conservation and Management Measure (CMM) on mobulid rays by WCPO fisheries in both high seas and EEZs will come into force on January 1, 2021. It prohibits tuna vessels to retain,...
Start-Up To Introduce “Toona” To Sweden
Stockholm-based start-up, Hooked, will be launching a plant-based alternative for tuna to the Swedish market in the spring of next year. Named Toona, the pouch product contains sustainably...
Dongwon Tuna A Hit With Generation Z
Dongwon’s tuna marketing strategy to win over the younger generation is definitely working. This year, its advertisements of tuna products garnered a total of 35.6 million views on YouTube....
Tuna Workers Second In Line For COVID-19 Vaccine
The first shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines will be arriving this Saturday in American Samoa. Employees at the StarKist cannery are part of the second tier to have access to the...
Callipo Collaborates With Artist For New Xmas Tuna Packaging
The Calabrian company, Callipo, has collaborated with Italian artist, Antonio Aricò, to launch a new Christmas package collection which consists of five gift boxes. Consumers can choose any of...
More Ultra-Low Tuna Reefers To Transport COVID-19 Vaccines
Thermo King's 20-foot containers, which normally transport fresh tuna, have been adapted to keep the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at freezing-cold temperatures of at least minus 70 degrees Celsius...
Frinsa Opens First Promotional Store Outside Spain
Spanish company Frinsa del Noroeste has opened its first specialized tuna concept store, 'Frinsa La Conservera' outside of Spain. The new shop is located in Saint Germain-en-Laye, an area west...
Tuna Cannery Workers Turn To Plan-B For Christmas
StarKist workers from the Republic of Samoa are making the best out of being stuck in American Samoa due to a COVID-19 outbreak in their home country. Normally, they would spend the...
Ultra-Low Tuna Freezers Used To Store COVID-19 Vaccines
James Tompkins, the owner of One Tuna processing plant on Prince Edward Island (PEI) in Canada, has offered his four ultra-low-temperature freezers to store the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...