The global market for MSC-labeled tuna has grown strongly in the last 10 years, with a 33 percent growth YoY. It reached its highest level in a decade in the period from April 2025 to March...
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INFOFISH Opens Registration For World Tuna Conference
Registration is now open for the biennial 19th INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference and Exhibition, set for September 14 to 16, 2026, in Bangkok. More than 500 participants from across the...
Galician Politicians Call For Higher ATQ For Tuna Loins
The Galician canning sector in Spain wants to import more pre-cooked loins duty free. On Tuesday, the Galician parliament gave the green light with the support of several political parties to...
Major Global Highlights April 2026
The war in the Middle East continued, causing challenges in the global tuna supply chain in April. Higher fuel prices and increased costs raised skipjack raw material prices across the global...
San Marino Corned Tuna Consistent Quality Rewarded
The San Marino canned tuna brand, popular in the Philippines, has been awarded for its Corned Tuna product. It was named Top Brand in the canned tuna category at the 2026 Asia CEO Summit &...
EU Canned Tuna Market Resilient Despite Crises In Supply Chain
The EU tuna market has weathered three major shocks — the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – from 2019 to 2024. While canned tuna demand remained broadly stable, the...
Ecuador Tuna Sector Faces Rough Start To 2026
For Ecuador, 2026 is shaping up to be tougher, with various challenges clouding the outlook, according to Guillermo Morán, Executive Director of the TUNACONS Foundation. The nation's tuna...
US Consumers’ Preference For Canned Tuna Drops
US tuna and seafood consumption fell in 2023, with per capita intake down 1.7 pounds (0.78 kg) year on year, according to data from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI). Canned tuna held the...
Readers: Consumers Must Brace For Canned Tuna Price Hike
The ongoing Middle East war continues to disrupt global tuna supply chains, intensifying concerns over a potential rise in retail prices for products such as canned tuna. Earlier this month,...
Princes To Debut Two Premium MSC Yellowfin Cans
Princes Tuna is launching premium sustainable canned Yellowfin Tuna Steak products which will be available in Tesco outlets from May 4. The new MSC-certified product range, Princes Ocean...
EUMOFA Says EU Canned Tuna Demand Stable Amid Major Global Disruptions
From 2019 to 2024, Europe’s fisheries and aquaculture industry navigated through three major disruptions which upended their operations – the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and the Russian...
Seafood Expo Global Wraps On Final Day In Barcelona
The Seafood Expo Global 2026 draws to a close today, capping a three-day gathering that has brought together 2,290 exhibiting companies and more than 35,500 seafood industry stakeholders since...
Thai Processors’ Pre-Cooked Loin Business In EU Grows Exponentially
The EU canner's purchase of pre-cooked loins from smaller suppliers rose in 2025, with non-bloc processors expanding trade and intra-bloc operators reducing volumes. Prices remained stable....
Over Hundred Tuna Companies To Exhibit At Seafood Expo Global 2026
Seafood Expo Global 2026 opened in Barcelona today, kicking off a three-day gathering of the global seafood industry featuring conferences, exhibitions, and trade talks, with thousands of...
Europe’s Appetite For Ecuadorian Tuna Surges
Ecuador’s canned tuna exports to the EU peaked again in 2025. All buyers raised business at a marginal price dip with Spain leading the bloc’s purchases. The South Americans have been...
Conxemar DG Says EU Laws Should Not Be “Ad-Hoc” For Tuna Sector As Stakes Rise
The EU must prioritize support for its tuna processing sector and the European authorities "need to have a long-term plan instead of making ad hoc regulations," stated Yobana Bermúdez,...
Italy’s Canned Tuna Imports Rose Sharply
Italy’s canned tuna imports saw a substantial increase in 2025, with the majority of volumes originating from Spain. The share of exports by suppliers from outside the EU rose to nearly half....
Check Out European Tuna Conference Final Program Online
The countdown has begun! With just days to go until the 2026 edition of the European Tuna Conference, the final program is officially live, and you will not want to miss it on Monday, April...
FAO Highlights 20 Percent Of Global Seafood Linked To Fraud
Up to 20 percent of seafood traded globally may be linked to fraud, according to a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, which detailed the scale of the issue along with its...
EU Processors’ Frozen WR Bigeye Buying Slides Over The Years
EU processors cut purchases of frozen whole round bigeye in 2025 despite lower prices with Seychelles and Indonesian fleets being the top suppliers. Trade with non-EU-flagged vessels remained...