Two months after a commercial court extended Atunlo’s pre-bankruptcy process, its shareholders have designed an eight-year restructuring plan for approval. Also the fate of Fandicosta will be...
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Eleven New Ice Plants Will Soon Commence Operations In Maldives
The Maldives government recently announced the preparatory work to launch 11 new ice plants in various atolls of the archipelago have been completed. MIFCO will operate the facilities that...
Dongwon Expands In Growing Tuna Sauce Market
Dongwon F&B wants to get a bigger piece of the ‘tuna sauce’ pie. It has set up its own production facility and expanded the product lineup with a new flavor. The two existing items were...
Spanish Canning Sector To Modernize With Much-Awaited PERTE Fund
Spain announced that it will launch a new set of financial aid of EUR 40 million for its fishing and aquaculture sectors shortly after receiving EU approval for the much-awaited strategic...
Small-Scale Omani Women Tuna Processors Eyeing EU Markets
Oman fisheries sector has opened new doors for local women to earn a living by making salted tuna and other seafood products. The UN Food and Agriculture (FAO) initiated Coastal Women Project...
Spanish Consumer Group Reports Vegan Product “Mislabeled” As Tuna
A Spanish consumer organization has denounced a tuna company for marketing its vegan products as frozen bluefin. The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) recently reported this item,...
Seafood Expo Global Barcelona Will Be Largest Edition Ever
The thirtieth edition of Seafood Expo Global will welcome more than 2,050 exhibitors from 84 countries in Barcelona and has expanded its space by four percent to 51,227 square meters. The...
Frinsa Launches Vegan Products Sans Tuna Alternative Claims
Spanish tuna cannery Frinsa is the latest to enter the vegan market. It recently launched 12 new products under the FIISK brand made from pea protein. Interestingly, Frinsa has not marketed...
JBT Marel Corporation Inches Closer To Reality As Both Boards Approve Acquisition
US-based John Bean Technologies (JBT) announced on April 5 that it has executed a definitive transaction agreement to takeover Icelandic company Marel in a USD 3.6 billion (USD 3.9...
Spanish Court Orders Jealsa To Pay EUR 50,000 To Fired Worker
A Spanish court has ordered tuna processor Jealsa to pay EUR 50,000 (USD 54,000) as compensation for damages to one of its workers whom the company fired over accusations of “being late,...
Argentinians Queue At Border To Stockpile Cheap Chilean Tuna
Thousands of Argentinians crossed the border to Chile last weekend to buy tuna cans and other products at cheaper rates. Some waited more than 10 hours. Canned tuna is extremely expensive in...
Major Global Highlights March 2024
In March, Bangkok bottleneck hit the processing hub after months of speculation. The NGO, Environmental Justice Foundation, released a report that accused Chinese company Zhejiang Ocean Family...
A Look Behind Dongwon’s Canned Tuna Production
Dongwon F&B Changwon factory began operations in 1986 and it is the largest cannery in Korea at 49,500 square meters. It has been producing the country’s leading Dongwon canned tuna brand...
Jealsa Shows Solidarity For 24-Year-Old Murdered Employee
Over 1,000 people participated in a rally last Wednesday in Boiro to show sympathy for 24-year-old Andrea Yturry, who was recently brutally murdered by her former partner. She had been an...
American Samoa Fishers Accuse US Govt Of Killing Tuna Sector
American Samoan tuna fishermen have yet again pointed fingers at the US government over fishing area closures and the impact of foreign seafood imports in the country. The irked fishers...
Operational Costs Hinder Sino-Van Tuna Cannery
Vanuatu’s Sino-Van tuna cannery project is facing delays as the company is expecting high overhead costs, particularly exorbitant electricity rates. A spokesperson from Sino-Van Fisheries Ltd...
UK Shopping For Standardized Eco-Labels On Food, Tuna Companies Will Be Affected
The UK wants to have a more standardized approach to food labels and earlier this month, the country's Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) opened a consultation on this issue. It...
Dolores Promotes Its Hometown’s Tuna Gastronomy
Mexican tuna brand Dolores once again organized the three-day event, 'Reinventing The Flavor', held from March 11 to 14. This second edition intended to increase the popularity of its tuna...
Wicked Tuna Captain Dies In Boating Accident & Social Media Stories
Charlie Griffin, a 65-year-old member of the popular US TV show ‘Wicked Tuna,’ and his dog died in a boating accident earlier this month. The pair, along with a friend Dunn, departed from...
Australian Tuna Brand Has Big Plans For Its Albacore Products
Aussie brand Little Tuna which claims to sell 100 percent Australian-caught albacore in jars plans to spread it wings in the country with a vast tuna-consuming population. The cash injection...