Maruha Nichiro, the Japanese seafood giant, increased sales in the first quarter of this year ending June 30, but aims to cut costs to face challenges and keep a healthy business environment....
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MIFCO Lists Initiatives For Revamping Its Business
Plans to revitalize Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) are crystallizing and the state-owned tuna processing company aims to attract more foreign investors. Ahmed Shiyam, Minister...
Major Global Highlights July 2024
July was filled with news over changes in the global tuna industry. A Spanish federal court brought charges against 12 companies and individuals for illegal bluefin smuggling which included...
Van Camp’s Lithographed “Colombia Made” Cans Are Head Turners
Iconic Colombian tuna brand Van Camp’s is marketing its products uniquely and creatively wherein two hands are lithographed in bright green on the lids of cans with the term "Hecho por Manos...
Dongwon Industries Q1 Forecasts No Improvement
Dongwon Industries lost one percent in revenue in the first three months of 2024 and saw its profits declined versus the same period in 2023. Good tuna catches and increased domestic demand...
Merger Of Newlat Food And Princes Group Is Completed
Princes Limited announced on Tuesday that its acquisition by Italian company Newlat Food S.p.A is complete. The UK food and beverage organization which has a wide range of ambient tuna...
Colombia Tightens Sanitary Rules For Canned Tuna
The Colombian Ministry of Health and Social Protection has issued a draft resolution to start testing canned tuna to cover up the use of inferior quality raw materials. This regulation aims to...
Thai Union’s New Cold Storage In Ghana Opens Its Doors
Thai Union (TU) wants to ensure that the tuna caught from the Atlantic Ocean is stored well in a temperature-controlled facility around the year. Thiraphong Chansiri, President and CEO of TU...
Vietnam Boasts Of Increased Loins Trade In H1, Origin Rule A Hindrance
Vietnamese tuna exports have risen substantially in the first six months of this year, driven by the Asian nation’s fresh and frozen loins exports. However, the canned tuna business for...
Spanish Canners Sold Less To Foreign Markets In Q1
The export of canned tuna from the EU witnessed a slight increase in the first quarter of 2024. Processing countries saw some decline in their trade, but redistribution hubs were the driving...
Atunlo’s Portuguese Plant Under Fire For Accounting Fraud?
Spanish beleaguered tuna loining company Atunlo is facing another headache. Its Central Lomera Portuguesa (CLP) plant in Portugal was raided by officials this week and three managers were...
Thai Union’s Thriving Market Of Tuna Byproducts
Global seafood giant Thai Union (TU) has been valorizing by-products from tuna processing and this market is indeed thriving. Magnus Bergkvist, Head of Science and Research, Global Innovation...
Judge Says Atunlo Santoña Workers’ Dismissal Is Unfair
A Cantabrian court has ruled that Spanish loining company Atunlo’s dismissal of three of its workers from its now-closed Santoña plant was unfair. The facility has been shut since January 31....
EU Processors Increase WR Import From Unusual Suppliers In Q1
In the first three months of 2024, almost one-third more frozen whole-round tuna were imported into the EU. The processors made quite some shifts in the origin where they bought their raw...
Bolton Reveals Road Map For Women’s Empowerment In Tuna Sector
Bolton Group is taking a step forward towards inclusivity by conducting several programs for women who work in the tuna industry. This was revealed by Sandra Ochoa Jaramillo, Chief Industrial...
Can ThisFish AI Tool Help Canners Save Millions?
“Reducing the net overfilling of the cans is likely the biggest single cost reduction you can achieve,” according to Eric Enno Tamm, CEO of Canadian seafood technology and traceability...
Mystery Of Vanuatu-Produced Sino-Van Tuna Cans Solved
The Vanuatu Customs Department announced that the two flavors of canned tuna, with Sino-Van Fisheries Ltd labels, that were sold in a Chinese shop in Vanuatu were not intended for sale. They...
Low Catches Translate Into Drop In EU Canned Tuna Trade With African Nations
The EU canned tuna trade with Africa plummeted in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2023. Seychelles’ canners are the largest sellers, followed by Mauritius....
Design Of Budding Artist To Decorate Tuna Cans In Spanish Campaign
Ana Tocino Castaño, a 22-year-old artist from Madrid, won the sixth Anfaco-Banco Sabadell Foundation Design Award last week. The award, which recognizes creativity in packaging for canned tuna...
Binh Dinh Tuna Festival Puts Spotlight On Province As ‘Tuna Capital’
Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh organizes the Essence of Land and Sea Festival from July 11 to 15. The event will be an opportunity to advertise the importance of its tuna industry. The...