Aided by a Bumble Bee supply contract, Fijian tuna processor, Pacific American Fish Company (PAFCO), posted a more than 50 percent increase in its profits from 2014 to 2015, as the company...
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Calvo’s ‘Smart Tuna Factory’ Investment
The Calvo Group will roll out a four-year program designed to discover new technologies, and aimed at streamlining production processes in its main tuna plant in Spain. The ‘Calvo System of...
Trader Joe’s Wants Tuna Underfilling Case Scrapped
Trader Joe’s has urged a California court judge to dismiss a proposed consumer class action that accuses the US retailer of substantially underfilling cans of tuna, and cheating shoppers in...
Ensis Cannery To Boost Direct MSC Sales
The development of a new tuna cannery in the Maldives is well underway, and is part of Ensis’ aim to gain more control over its pole and line catch, and create a direct sales line for MSC...
Tuna Eyeball Soup And Other Temptations
There are many other ways of eating tuna than the usual sandwich or sushi filling, and in Japan especially, taking advantage of all parts of the fish is much more common. This results in a...
Safeway Ordered To Make Underfilling Settlement Public
US retailer, Safeway, has reached settlement on a legal suit in which it was accused of underfilling 5oz cans of tuna in its stores, and despite not revealing the settlement terms yet, it’s...
China’s “Tentative” Tariff Reduction To Boost Tuna Supply
Exporters in the US, the Marshall Islands, and Canada, are set to benefit from China having temporarily slashed import tariffs on six species of frozen whole round tuna, in what is a bid to...
Trump Tax To Impact All US’ Major Tuna Suppliers
The price of canned tuna faces the prospect of a sharp increase in the US market, with Donald Trump considering a 20 percent import tax to be levied on goods purchased from any nation with...
Lack Of FAD Caught Demand Drives SKJ Price Drop
The Bangkok skipjack price has taken another tumble, following the downward route started late last month, after a long period of continuous climb in the market. One of the main factors...
Sri Lankan Canners Want Domestic Industry To Thrive
A key figure in the Sri Lankan canned seafood industry has called for the government to hit canned imports with duties in a bid to stimulate the domestic canning industry, pointing to...
Sea Value Europe Won’t Stop At Tripled Production
Thai-born tuna processor, Sea Value, eyes substantial expansion of its EU market presence through 2017, and has not only tripled the production rates of its French-based plant, but aims for...
China’s Wages Rise Higher Than Rivals
The average wages in China’s manufacturing sector have tripled in the last decade, making the Asian nation’s labor force in industries including seafood production, potentially better paid and...
TU Sets Ambitious 2017 Sales Target
Thai Union is strongly confident in its ability to increase its total sales figures for the eighth consecutive year, and has announced its ambitious targets for 2017, just weeks after it...
TU Reveals Its Projections On 2017 SKJ Price
Thai Union is expecting whole round tuna prices to remain at high levels throughout 2017, and is hoping that its increasing ability to raise product sales prices through value-added...
Doors Shut On EU For Duty Free Loins Quota
EU canners no longer have the chance to get their hands on zero duty pre-cooked tuna loins as part of this year’s Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ), as the limit was fully exhausted last week....
Thai Canners Fail To Meet Growth Expectations
Predictions that Thai tuna canners would struggle to see strong growth in their 2016 export value were somewhat accurate, as the total figure actually slips by less than one percent. Thai Tuna...
StarKist Wants US Govt. Action On Cannery Protection
StarKist wants support from the US government to help its American Samoa-based cannery compete with processors in other nations where labor costs are lower, and protect a viable continuation...
Canners Club Together To Strengthen EU Competitiveness
Spanish and Portuguese tuna canners have marked the signing of an MoU by urging the EU to take a number of measures to protect the competitiveness of their industry. Together they call for...
Profit Drop Shadows TU’s Record Sales
Thai Union’s solid sales results have been somewhat dented by a modest net profit drop, a consequence of what the firm describes as higher than expected whole round tuna prices. Record sales...
Pinsa Accelerates Frozen Tuna Focus
The well-established Dolores tuna brand now sees the launch of an extensive range of new frozen tuna products under its name, set first for sale on the Mexican market. For brand owner, Pinsa,...