Vanuatu’s Sino-Van fish factory is planning to produce canned tuna a year after it began operations. Since 2019, it has been exporting fresh and frozen tuna. The government will be injecting...
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Study Shows Tuna DNA In Brine Difficult To Trace
Scientists have stated that due to their high value and great demand, tunas are likely candidates for seafood fraud. They found that extensive processing in tuna canning operations can lead to...
Expert Shreds Dolphin Meat In Canned Tuna DNA Research
Recently, the Mexican tuna industry was dumbstruck by the news that research by a local university found dolphin meat inside cans of tuna sold domestically. Atuna spoke with the...
Kenya Plans To Restore Its Tuna Business
President Uhuru Kenyatta stated that the Kenyan government wants to make the fisheries sector a key driver for the economy and the country to benefit more from its fish resources. He unveiled...
Dutch Pole-And-Line Tuna Brand Reaches The US
A new sustainable seafood brand is hitting the U.S. this month. Dutch celebrity chef, Bart van Olphen, is bringing his sustainable seafood label Fish Tales to Americans under the newly...
Pablo Múgica Leads Spanish Frime’s Expansion
Spanish tuna processor, Frime, has announced that Pablo Múgica stepped into the role of CEO in August after its current chief executive, Salvador Ramon, took up the company’s chairman...
Costa Rican Govt Turns Its Back To Tuna Plant
After more than a year since Alliance Fisheries Inc. presented its tuna plant project in Costa Rica, the government has shown no interest in it. The investment of CRC 89 billion (USD 148.92...
Raging Belgian Tuna Price War Approaches Legal Edge
In the Belgium canned tuna market, there is a fierce competition taking place at the edge of a local law which forbids retailers to sell foodstuffs below the cost price. Market-leading...
The Three Galician Canning Giants Battling Over Market Dominance
The canned tuna sector in Spain is a billion-euro business but when it comes to canning most of it takes place in one province: Galicia. Located in the north of the country along the Atlantic...
Atunlo Denies Soft Measures Led To COVID-19 Plant Outbreak
In mid-August, positive COVID-19 cases started to appear among the personnel of the Atunlo cannery in Santoña, Spain. Consequently, the plant was shut down for 15 days -- the measure to last...
Spanish Processor Temporarily Closes Plant
Atunlo has temporarily closed its tuna cannery in Santoña in Basque, Spain, after more than ten workers tested positive for COVID-19. Thereafter, the company started testing the entire staff...
Major Fatal Explosion In Tuna Cannery In Manta
During the morning of August 6, a boiler landed on the streets of Manta after an explosion inside a tuna cannery sent it flying over 150 meters. So far, the incident has left two workers dead...
Philippine Rise A Rich Tuna Fishing Ground?
The Philippine Rise, an undersea volcanic ridge, is considered a rich tuna fishing ground with high biodiversity that became part of the Philippines since the United Nations adopted its claim...
‘Cell-based’ On Future Tuna Label?
The innovative technology to produce tuna and other seafood from fish cells is becoming more and more sophisticated and is expected to be commercialized soon, but how should such products be...
Spanish Canner IG Montes Thriving During This Time Of Crisis
In Spain, one of the tuna processing companies that has been thriving during the COVID crisis is the family-owned firm of IG Montes. This is due to the peak in demand from the retail sector,...
EU Deal To Balance COVID-19 Effect For FoodTech
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected many tuna companies worldwide. However, Foodtech JSC in Vietnam has stated that throughout the crisis it has received an elevated number of...
Philippines Cans Annual Tuna Congress, Switches To E-Meetings
The Tuna Congress considered the biggest gathering for industry players in the Philippines has been canceled this year due to COVID-19 concerns. It is held every September in General Santos...
Tuna Cannery Workers Treated For Breathing Issues In Ecuador
Approximately 17 workers in a tuna processing factory in Manta, Ecuador, were treated for respiratory problems after they were exposed to a food additive. The incident occurred at 9am on...
High Port Fees Scare PAFCO Suppliers
Concerns over the offloading port for the albacore supply destined for Fiji’s Pacific Fishing Company Ltd (PAFCO) continues. The cannery's Chair, Iqbal Jannif, said that while the tuna supply...
Leading Filippino Canner Aims To Double Business
Century Pacific Foods (CNPF), the leading canned food producer based in General Santos, Philippines, expects its earnings to grow this year above the usual target of 10-15 percent. The company...