Thai processors reduced the purchases of all frozen whole round tuna species, except albacore, between January and March this year. In the first quarter of 2025, Thailand imported 193,367 M/T...
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Thai Union’s Branded Canned Tuna & Pet Food Boost Sales
Thai Union Group announced a strong performance in the first quarter of 2026. The ambient segment, comprising canned and pouched tuna, experienced a slight increase in sales and generated half...
Calvo Launches Limited Summer Edition Tuna Cans
The Calvo brand has launched three new Limited Summer Edition products for the Spanish market, two are tuna-based offerings, ahead of the country's peak summer sales period. The two tuna...
Australian Tuna Market Crosses 70 Percent MSC Threshold
Australian tuna brands and retailers hit a new milestone this year, with 70 percent of canned tuna available in the country now sourced and labeled from MSC-certified sustainable fisheries. On...
Thai Processors Turn To IO WR As Pacific Supply Dwindles In Q1
The intake of frozen whole round tuna by Thai processors in the first three months of 2026 declined for the second year in a row. The usual suppliers operating in the Western and Central...
COS To Become “First Mainstream US Brand” To Sell 100% MSC-Tuna
Chicken of the Sea announced on World Tuna Day that its retail tuna products, cans and pouches, will contain 100 percent MSC certified tuna by the end of this year. It stated that going 100...
MSC Yearbook 2026: Tuna Sales Break Records
The global market for MSC-labeled tuna has grown strongly in the last 10 years, with a 33 percent growth YoY. It reached its highest level in a decade in the period from April 2025 to March...
INFOFISH Opens Registration For World Tuna Conference
Registration is now open for the biennial 19th INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference and Exhibition, set for September 14 to 16, 2026, in Bangkok. More than 500 participants from across the...
Galician Politicians Call For Higher ATQ For Tuna Loins
The Galician canning sector in Spain wants to import more pre-cooked loins duty free. On Tuesday, the Galician parliament gave the green light with the support of several political parties to...
Major Global Highlights April 2026
The war in the Middle East continued, causing challenges in the global tuna supply chain in April. Higher fuel prices and increased costs raised skipjack raw material prices across the global...
San Marino Corned Tuna Consistent Quality Rewarded
The San Marino canned tuna brand, popular in the Philippines, has been awarded for its Corned Tuna product. It was named Top Brand in the canned tuna category at the 2026 Asia CEO Summit &...
EU Canned Tuna Market Resilient Despite Crises In Supply Chain
The EU tuna market has weathered three major shocks — the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – from 2019 to 2024. While canned tuna demand remained broadly stable, the...
Ecuador Tuna Sector Faces Rough Start To 2026
For Ecuador, 2026 is shaping up to be tougher, with various challenges clouding the outlook, according to Guillermo Morán, Executive Director of the TUNACONS Foundation. The nation's tuna...
US Consumers’ Preference For Canned Tuna Drops
US tuna and seafood consumption fell in 2023, with per capita intake down 1.7 pounds (0.78 kg) year on year, according to data from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI). Canned tuna held the...
Readers: Consumers Must Brace For Canned Tuna Price Hike
The ongoing Middle East war continues to disrupt global tuna supply chains, intensifying concerns over a potential rise in retail prices for products such as canned tuna. Earlier this month,...
Princes To Debut Two Premium MSC Yellowfin Cans
Princes Tuna is launching premium sustainable canned Yellowfin Tuna Steak products which will be available in Tesco outlets from May 4. The new MSC-certified product range, Princes Ocean...
EUMOFA Says EU Canned Tuna Demand Stable Amid Major Global Disruptions
From 2019 to 2024, Europe’s fisheries and aquaculture industry navigated through three major disruptions which upended their operations – the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and the Russian...
Seafood Expo Global Wraps On Final Day In Barcelona
The Seafood Expo Global 2026 draws to a close today, capping a three-day gathering that has brought together 2,290 exhibiting companies and more than 35,500 seafood industry stakeholders since...
Thai Processors’ Pre-Cooked Loin Business In EU Grows Exponentially
The EU canner's purchase of pre-cooked loins from smaller suppliers rose in 2025, with non-bloc processors expanding trade and intra-bloc operators reducing volumes. Prices remained stable....
Over Hundred Tuna Companies To Exhibit At Seafood Expo Global 2026
Seafood Expo Global 2026 opened in Barcelona today, kicking off a three-day gathering of the global seafood industry featuring conferences, exhibitions, and trade talks, with thousands of...