Thai canned tuna has continued to gain favor among African buyers in recent years, with shipments to the region showing an uptick between January and September 2025. During this period, the...
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Sealect Stepping Up Efforts To Reel In Gen Z
Thai Union Group’s Sealect brand continues to dominate Thailand’s tuna market share. The company has also stepped up its efforts to promote ready-to-eat proteins to Gen Z consumers. Thailand’s...
Canners Struggle With Growing Complexity In EPO Skipjack Supply
Ecuadorian canners' demand for frozen whole round skipjack continues to be fair. However, they are running out of stock. The shortfall in EPO deliveries drove the price and made them look for...
Is Princes Close To Delivering Its 100 Percent MSC-Certified Tuna Promise?
In October, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) named this year’s leading performers in sustainable fishing across the UK seafood sector, awarding Princes the ‘MSC UK Seafood Brand of the...
Thai Canned Tuna Sales To Americas Remain Stable
Thai canners had a steady business with traders, retailers, and brands in the Americas from January to September despite the turmoil sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariff move on Thai...
Major Global Highlights November 2025
The price for skipjack whole rounds fell in Bangkok and Seychelles. Contrary to this, it went up in Manta mainly due to a drop in fish landings. The US Supreme Court raised doubts about...
Thai Canned Tuna Exports Slip In Asia
Thailand canneries saw their business with Asian markets contract from January to September this year, as shipments to major markets, Saudi Arabia and UAE fell. The Thais exported 124,505 M/T...
Consumer Watchdog Fines Nestlé Peru Over Mislabelled Tuna Pet Food
Indecopi, a Peruvian government agency has sanctioned Nestlé’s local subsidiary for allegedly mislabeling dozens of pet food products in violation of Peru’s consumer protection rules. The...
Vietnam’s Tuna Sector Warns of Supply Strain Amid IUU Compliance Pressures
The export of tuna products is slipping and will not recover this year, forecasts the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Low supply of raw materials, IUU fishing...
Thai Pre-Cooked Loins Imports Soar Amid US Tariff Jitters
Thai processors’ demand for pre-cooked loins rose by 21 percent from January to September this year. One of the main reasons for this increased buying was to produce tuna in cans, to deliver...
Bumble Bee Begins Tuna Operations In Mexico
Bumble Bee Seafood is expanding its operations in the Americas by opening a new tuna processing plant in the Mexican city of Puerto Chiapas, a major hub for the nation's billion-dollar tuna...
European Canners Determined to Keep Thai Tuna Out Of Trade Pact
European tuna processors remain steadfast in their opposition to opening the bloc for Thai canned tuna, arguing that Bangkok’s industry continues to fall short of compliance benchmarks....
Pacific Islands Take Step Further To Bring East New Britain Initiative To Life
Pacific Island tuna stakeholders recently agreed to form a Technical Working Group that could help kick off of the East New Britain Initiative (ENBi). They attended a workshop last month to...
EU’s New Consumer Agenda To Prevent Greenwashing
The European Commission has adopted the 2030 Consumer Agenda – a new strategic framework that sets out concrete priorities and actions for the next five years. The Agenda covers a broad range...
Thailand Presses EU to Fast Track FTA With Sustainability Assurances
Thailand's tuna sector has come forward and urged negotiators to speed up the much-anticipated EU-Thai Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Thais claim their tuna has “high standards on...
Bumble Bee Film Festival Winners & Other Social Media Stories
Bumble Bee’s ‘Tuna CANS Film Festival’ awarded USD 25,000 to two aspiring filmmakers. A popular YouTuber managed to garner thousands of likes by posting a video of mercury in tuna, but the...
Thai Pet Food Sales To US Spiked
The rapid growth trend of Thailand’s pet food export has somewhat subsided during the first nine months of this year, compared to the growth spurt seen in 2024. Pet food sales rose eight...
Incredible Fall In WR Skipjack Imports By Thai Processors
The import of frozen whole round skipjack by Thai processors declined by almost one-third in the first nine months of 2025. All major suppliers with purse seiners fishing in the WCPO dropped...
Smaller Suppliers Sold Less WR To Thai Processors
Thai frozen whole round tuna imports from smaller suppliers reduced in the first nine months of 2025 for the second year in a row. Japan and Papua New Guinea saw a further decline in...
Tunacheck®: Cornerstone For Data-Driven Packaging Control
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