Dongwon Industries, the holding company of Dongwon Group, reported an increase in turnover and operating profit in H1 2025, due to balanced growth across its key business sectors, including...
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Skipjack Trading In Manta Hub Sluggish
The price of skipjack in the Manta processing hub is stable, and packers' business with EU buyers is sluggish. Supply continues to be low because of the ongoing veda. Sources said that...
Decades-Old Charlie-Shaped Radio Grabs Attention And Other Social Media Stories
A transistor radio in the shape of StarKist's mascot Charlie was popular in the 1970s, and is back in the spotlight more than five decades later. MSC released a new video on FADs to correct...
Serious Olive Oil Spill Injures Worker In Frinsa Factory
A massive olive oil spill took place on Tuesday night in Frinsa’s cannery located in the Xarás industrial estate in Ribeira, Spain. A worker was slightly injured due to the incident, but he is...
Alliance Select Reports Poor Performance In H1
The Philippines' tuna and seafood company Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. (ASFII) announced its financial results of H1 2025. The company reported a consolidated net income of USD...
Rio Mare Drove Bolton’s Excellent 2024 Financial Year Results
The Italian Bolton Group recently revealed its total revenue and net profit for the 2024 financial year. It reported a turnover of over EUR 3.6 billion, 8 percent up YoY, and a profit of EUR...
US Vegan TUNO Brand Acquired By Century Pacific
Century Pacific North America (CPNA) has bought the Loma Linda brand from Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF) that filed for bankruptcy in April. The acquirement will expand its plant-based food...
Thai Canneries’ Dramatic Increase In Yellowfin Whole Round Buying
Low skipjack catches in the WCPO at the beginning of this year were a huge blow to vessel owners and Thai canners, who reduced their trade of this fish from January to June this year. However,...
Little Tuna Founder Bets On Aussies’ Love For Sustainable Fish To Grow
Little Tuna is an Australian tuna brand that markets its products as “100 percent Australian-sourced tuna” as the fish is caught within the nation’s EEZ, by longliners owned by the firm, and...
Lower WCPO Skipjack Catches A Blow To Thai Canneries
Thai canneries’ buying of frozen whole round skipjack plummeted in H1 2025, mainly owing to the low catches in the WCPO this year. Most fleets delivered fewer tonnage when compared to H1 2024...
Cannery Roof Collapses As Fire Detected Too Late
The thick black smoke coming from the tuna cleaning and canning facility Tunidos Miramar in Rianxo, Spain, was initially not noted as a fire. The alarm went off hours later when the roof was...
Tuna Continues To Be Among Brits’ Top Seafood Choice
Tuna continued to be the second-most consumed seafood in terms of volume in the UK market during the June 2024 to June 2025 period. John West and Princes are two top canned tuna brands sold in...
Thai Union’s PetCare Made Stable Performance In H1 2025
Thai Union’s PetCare category’s performance remained stable in the first half of 2025. The Group sold more volumes and made a slight uptick in its sales from January to June this year. The...
Thai Union Reports Lower H1 Sales & Strategic Partnership With Mitsubishi
Thai Union’s sales in the first six months of 2025 disappointed. The costs were reduced, but other financial items were higher, consequently net profit decreased by 3.4 percent. It sold less...
Dongwon Industries Completed Incorporation Of Dongwon F&B
Dongwon Industries, the holding company of Dongwon Group, announced today that it has concluded the process of incorporating Dongwon F&B into a wholly-owned subsidiary, through a...
Should Thai Processors Brace For Unfeasible Origin Rules For Exports to US?
Last week, the US stated it would impose a 19 percent tariff on goods from Thailand, a decrease from the 36 percent announced a few months ago. Though this was a huge relief to Thai canners,...
NewPrinces To Acquire Carrefour Italy
In a surprising move, NewPrinces will soon get ownership of around one thousand Carrefour retail stores in Italy. The conglomerate, one of the largest food manufacturers in the country, said...
Italian Soil Experts Turn Tuna Waste Into New Value-Added Product
Tuna processing waste has been utilized effectively in many industries. A group of Italian researchers have found out how to produce a plant fertilizer from tuna sludge. Adele Muscolo, the...
US Slashes Punitive Tariff On Thai Tuna, Deadline Extended
US importers will have to pay an additional 19 percent tariff on Thai canned tuna, the White House announced on Thursday. US buyers and Thai processors can breathe a sigh of relief as the levy...
Major Global Highlights July 2025
July was filled with news that impacted the global tuna sector. US tariffs were on the top of every trading partner’s mind, and some Asian nations managed to make deals to lower their taxes on...