Last week, the US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) announced that it wants to overhaul a major regulation pertaining to canned tuna processing in the country. As part of its changes, it wants to...
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60th Anniversary Festival Weekend Honors StarKist Samoa Workers
Several celebration activities have been organized throughout the year for the 60th jubilee of the StarKist plant on American Samoa. The highlight is a special festive weekend taking place on...
Vietnam’s Tuna Exports Show Resilience Amid Challenges
Vietnam’s tuna exports to major markets like the US continued to slide while business with the EU has gradually begun to rise. The processors reported USD 458 million in revenue in the first...
Indonesia Aims For Tax-Free Canned Tuna Trade With Japan
Zulkifli Hasan, Indonesia's Minister of Trade, expressed his wish for Japan to eliminate four tariff lines for canned tuna from Indonesia. Japan has eliminated some duties on canned tuna from...
Frinsa Records Profit And Disburses Carregal Family EUR 22 Mln
The three leading Spanish canners reported an increase in revenue in 2022, but not all could turn that into profit. Third-largest processor Frinsa released its annual results and reported that...
Tourists Rescued From Fire At Italian Historic Tuna Facility
The Italian island of Sicily has been battling wildfires for days. The famous Tonnara of Scopello, an historic establishment that was formerly used by bluefin fishers was engulfed by fire on...
FDA Heeds Call Of Tuna Industry, Proposes Drained Weight Method For Canning
After years of pushback from the US Big Three and fisheries organizations, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proved that it has heeded their call. Today, it issued a proposed rule in...
Jealsa Reports High 2022 Profits Despite Loss In Canning
Spanish tuna processor Jealsa reported that its canning business incurred a loss in 2022 and the net profit was only driven by sell-offs in its energy business unit. Earlier this year, Jeasla...
Escuris Generates 79 Percent Of Revenue From Mercadona
Galician company Escuris, a subsidiary of Jealsa, reported that its 2022 annual growth rate of revenue was higher than the cost despite the inflation. It recorded a USD 420 million turnover,...
CEO Dongwon F&B Sees Growth Potential In Collaboration With StarKist
Korean tuna and seafood processor Dongwon Food & Beverage reported an increased half-year revenue despite a cost burden. Its CEO, Kim Seong-Yong, highlighted that the organization will be...
Alliance Select Foods’ Expected Turnaround Not Yet In Sight
Tuna processor Alliance Select Foods is slowly recovering business. In the first six months of 2023, the Philippines-based company increased its revenue and narrowed its net loss to USD...
Poll: Should Ecuadorian Tuna Processors Fear For Their Shipments
Ecuador is plagued by violence and assassinations by drug trafficking gangs. The murder of presidential candidate and popular drug crime fighter Fernando Villavicencio on August 9 was the...
Readers: Proposed Tinplate Tariff Makes US Canned Tuna Production Non-Competitive
The US government is considering a 300 percent tax hike on imported tinplate steel used for the manufacturing of tuna cans. A vast majority of Atuna’s readers think this proposed tariff will...
Bougainville PNG Island On Mission To Start Tuna Cannery
A delegation from Bougainville, an autonomous island of Papua New Guinea, is on a fact-finding mission to explore the opportunities to establish a tuna cannery on its soil in partnership with...
Eurofish Top Ecuadorian Tuna Exporter In 2022
Among the top producers in Ecuador, Eurofish received the highest revenue from its global tuna shipments in 2022. The country’s canned tuna market leader Nirsa was third on the list of...
US 300% Tinplate Tariff “Disproportionate On Poor”
The US government is considering implementing a whopping 300 percent tariff on imported tinplate steel used for manufacturing tuna cans and other canned goods. Low-income Americans that rely...
Bina Habor Tuna Team Gained Operational Knowledge From SolTuna
For years, the SolTuna cannery in Solomon Islands has been the only tuna processor in the country. It recently hosted a team from the Bina Region Arrangement for Governance (BRAG) for a study...
Anfaco Asks Incoming Spanish Govt For Higher Tuna Loins ATQ
The nail-biting Spanish election results are out. No single party secured sufficient parliamentary seats and the fate of the new government hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, the Spanish seafood...
New Conseran Tuna Plant To Prioritize Cofaco Workers Who Lost Jobs
The Portuguese Freitasmar Group is all set to begin operations at its Conseran tuna plant on the island of Pico, Azores, on July 26. The factory, built with a EUR 15 million (USD 16.6 million)...
Grupomar Forecasts An Excellent 2023
Antonio Suarez, President of Grupomar, foresees that the tuna fishing company will exceed 24,000 M/T this year and meet the growing demand for canned tuna. According to him, fishing activities...