City council officials at the Galician port town of Burela are being criticised over a new mural of an unveiled scaffolding at a neighbourhood near Eijo Garay Street. Remodelling is being...
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Japan Airlines Serves Plant-Based Tuna In First Class
Japan’s second-largest air service, Japan Airlines, is serving BettaF!sh plant-based tuna in a wrap to first- and business-class passengers on flights between Tokyo and London. The...
Food Truck To Serve AENOR-Labelled Free Tuna To Madrileños
OPAGAC has come up with a novel marketing initiative with its “APR Takes the Sea to Madrid” event. A bus carrying the responsibly sourced tuna will be parked at Plaza de Felip II in...
Malta’s 2021 Tuna Farming Operating Profit Shows Improvement
Malta's National Statistics Office (NSO) released a study highlighting the country's total turnover for aquaculture and tuna farming industries amounting to EUR 224.9 million in 2021. Nearly...
Recall Of John West Tuna Salad In The UK
UK leading tuna brand John West has recalled its ‘On The Go Indian Tuna Rice Salad’. The product contained soya and wheat (gluten), but the ingredients were not mentioned on the label that...
Grupomar’s Purse Seiner Catches Fire, No Casualties Reported
Purse seiner ‘Gijon’ owned by the Mexican tuna fishing company Grupomar caught fire at sea when returning to Manzanillo port. The reason was presumably a short circuit in the engine room area....
New Seiner ‘Acila’ For Omani Tuna Fishery Launched
Spanish-built tuna purse seiner ‘Acila’ was launched on November 8 at the Zamakona Shipyard in Pasaia. It is the first of two vessels delivered to Al Wusta Fisheries Industries, an Omani...
Maldives Tuna Fisher Dies After Complaining Of Chest Pain
Thirty-three year-old Mohamed Akram was out fishing yellowfin when he complained of chest pain and shortness of breath, then died a few minutes later. Akram hails from Gulhi islands in the...
King Oscar Celebrates Its 120th Anniversary
Thai Union owned Norwegian canned seafood producer, King Oscar, will celebrate its 120th anniversary on November 29. In 1902, King Oscar II tried Brisling Sardines from the Stavanger...
Dongwon Launches “100% Human Grade” Tuna Pet Food
Dongwon F&B announced its latest launch of wet dog food range as “100% Human Grade”, marketing that the new product line contains the same ingredients as consumed by people. The line...
Ecuadorian Company Nirsa Celebrates 65th Anniversary
Ecuadorian processor Nirsa is celebrating its 65th anniversary in the seafood business. The company owns market-leading ‘Real’ canned tuna brand and produces other seafood items. Its products...
South Korea To Build Tuna Trade Center In PNG
Following last week’s bilateral meeting between South Korea and Papua New Guinea, the Foreign Affairs Minister of PNG, Justin Tkatchenko, announced that the Asian nation will invest in...
China Seafood Expo Canceled Due To Spike In Covid Cases
China’s largest seafood fair, organized by China Fisheries and Seafood Expo (CFSE), has been canceled due to a spike in Covid cases in the city of Qingdao. SeafoodSource reported that the...
Hong Kong Restaurant Served Histamine Poisoned Tuna
A restaurant at Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong served tuna that caused cases of food poisoning but there were no reports of people falling ill. The country's Center for Food Safety (CFS)...
Maldives Government Requests EU To Exempt Duty On Tuna Products
The Maldives, has requested the EU to consider granting duty-free access for sustainably sourced tuna products. Years ago, Maldivian tuna products were not taxed in the EU because the...
Saupiquet Deutschland To Be Renamed Bolton Deutschland
Saupiquet Deutschland, one of the leading tuna brands in Germany, has announced its name change to Bolton Deutschland by end of this year. The company informed that only its moniker...
Portuguese Supermarkets Introduce Theft Alarm For Tuna Cans
Increasing poverty in Portugal has propelled supermarkets to put canned tuna in clear plastic cases with alarms. The Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies (PADC) pointed out that...
Fishing Companies Pay For FAD Debris Clean-Up
Seychelles fishing companies are financing a clean-up of FAD waste that has washed up on reefs, lagoons, and the coastlines of the Seychelles islands. In this joint venture, the Ministry of...
Loblaw Freezes Canned Tuna Prices
Canadian grocery chain Loblaw has announced a price freeze on its "No Name" brand tuna products, along wirh about 1,500 other items under the same trademark to keep household essentials...
Mothers Of Malaysia Choose Ayam Brand Tuna Best Of 2022
Ayam Brand canned tuna has been voted Best Canned Food by the Motherhood Choice Awards 2022. The recipient is dubbed to be the best as voted by mums for mums. The award tested the nominated...