Thai Union (TU), the world’s largest producer of shelf-stable tuna product, saw a significant improvement in its margins in the second quarter even as it continued to face challenging market...
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Vietnam’s US Exports Continue To Fall
Vietnamese tuna exports to the US market have continued to decline over the first half of the year, with the value of shipments dropping by 8.3 percent compared to the previous year. This fall...
Alliance Select Offers “Bay Of Gold” Tuna
Filipino canner Alliance Select has launched a new line of tuna products that it calls the “Bay of Gold Select Tuna”. The announcement of the new products comes after the firm reported strong...
Century Sees Robust Sales Growth Amid Higher Costs
Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF) reported its second-quarter financial results, posting a nine percent increase in earnings on a YoY basis. The earnings growth was driven primarily by a...
David & Goliath To Work On Chicken Of The Sea Brand
The creative agency David & Goliath will be working on the Chicken of the Sea brand to get it to “stand out from a sea of sameness”. It plans to revitalize the image of the company that...
Fight Between Tuna Workers Ends In Death
A fight broke out in a tuna factory in Papua New Guinea between two workers last week. The heated argument led to the ultimate death of one of the employees after he was allegedly slashed with...
PAFCO Set To Increase Production By 10% Each Year
The albacore processor PAFCO has opened its new coldstorage facility after a number of years in development. The Fijian firm has faced supply shortages in recent times but it expects the...
Indonesia Tightens Import Regulations
The government of Indonesia has released a new regulation for its seafood imports in an attempt to better regulate what is coming into the country. Now only importers with certain licenses...
PAFCO Ups Its Employees’ Salaries
The main tuna plant in Fiji, Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO), has announced a salary increment of 12.5 percent for all of its non-management employees. Despite now upping its workers’...
Tuna Jars Continue To Boost Callipo’s Sales
Italian tuna firm Callipo has announced it has continued to achieve positive financial results and closed the first half of 2018 with an increased turnover by 10 percent. The firm notes that...
Ecuadorian Exporters Face New Container Charge
An extra container charge at the Port of Guayaquil has caused representatives from a number of industries including Ecuador’s tuna sector to voice their disapproval. Tuna exporters are being...
Majority Think Trump’s Trade War Will Impact Tuna
Over 70 percent of Atuna readers have said they believe the US trade dispute with China will also affect the tuna industry. With both countries hitting the other with increased import tariffs...
Dongwon Diversifies With New Chilled Salmon
Korean firm Dongwon Industries plans to launch chilled salmon products across South Korea this month. This is the first time the company will distribute refrigerated salmon references to...
StarKist Fine Could Benefit US Industry
The American Samoa government is looking to change the way a USD 2.6 million fine paid by US firm StarKist is spent. A governor from the country has suggested it is used for a dock, which...
PNG Govt. Warns Locals Of “Struggling” Processors
The Fisheries Ministry of Papua New Guinea has told locals that some PNG canned tuna processors are unable to pay benefits to the landowners as they are not making profit – something that has...
Major Brazilian Firm’s Profits & Shares Crash
Camil Alimentos, the owner of Brazil’s number two tuna brand Coqueiro, has reported poor financial results for the first quarter of the year. The company has seen its sales decline and...
Seafood Veteran Joins COS’ Frozen Division
Thai Union has hired a new Director of Operations for its major US brand Chicken of the Sea. Ed Youngman, who has over 30 years’ worth of experience in the US seafood sector, will work for the...
Will Trump’s Trade War With China Also Hit Tuna?
Both the US and China have been involved in an ongoing trade dispute with the two countries imposing increased import tariffs on a range of products. The latest threat from the US includes...
Vietnam Boosts Loins Business In EU Market
Vietnamese processors have seen their overall tuna exports to the EU increase in value by just over 25 percent in the first quarter of the year with pre-cooked loins contributing significantly...
More UK Consumers Choosing Fresh & Frozen Tuna
Fresh and frozen tuna products in the UK retail market have continued to grow in popularity as volume sales over the last year have once again seen an upward trend. The steady increase however...