The SolTuna cannery in Solomon Islands recognized the efforts of its employees and also bid farewell to its General Manager, Jim Alexander, at an event on March 20. The plant, with over 2000...
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RD Feels Heat Over Lack Of Raw Material
RD Tuna Canners is scaling down its operations due to a dearth of fish. Over 3,500 employees at the processing plant in Madang, PNG, are on the verge of losing their jobs if the issue...
StarKist Samoa Temporarily Suspends Operations
StarKist has temporarily shut down operations in its tuna processing plant in American Samoa for construction and maintenance work. The company did not reveal further details about the ongoing...
Jealsa Plant Resumes Operations By Procuring From Artisanal Fishers
Jealsa had temporarily suspended operations of its Industria Atunera Centroamericana plant in Guatemala owing to a lack of raw materials. But the company announced this weekend that it will...
John West Introduces Tuna Alternatives In Dutch Market
A recent trend shows tuna brands venturing into plant-based seafood alternatives. Thai Union-owned (TU) John West is taking a leaf out of its competitor's book and venturing into this segment....
Dongwon Group Reports Record Sales In 2022, Tuna Biz Major Driver
Dongwon Industries reported that it experienced a 16.6 percent increase in its 2022 turnover. The tuna fishing business was one of the drivers for the record revenue. The Dongwon Group...
Upcoming Sino-Van Cannery Eyes Domestic Market
After years of speculations and setbacks, the joint venture between the Vanuatu government and China National Fisheries Corporation (CNFC) opened the Sino-Van processing plant in the island...
Newly Developed Technique To Revolutionize Tuna Canning Sector
The canning industry will undergo some exciting changes, thanks to the impetus of the Spanish processors' association Anfaco-Cecopesca's technology center with the support of other tuna...
TU-Owned Cannery Donates To “Clean City” Tema Project
Pioneer Food Company (PFC), owned by Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF), has donated 170 dustbins (240 litre capacity) to the Tema Metropolitan Assembly in the coastal district of Ghana. It is...
Historic StarKist Cannery To Be Demolished
The historic StarKist tuna processing plant located at San Pedro has been approved for demolition. The building, over 40 years old, was reportedly once "the largest canning facility in the...
Colombia Authorizes Use Of Cannabis In Canned Tuna
The idea of adding cannabis to a tuna can might seem extraordinary or repulsive. But Colombia’s National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (Invima) has given the go-ahead to three companies...
StarKist Soon On American Samoa’s Shelves?
StarKist invited a delegation of American Samoa govermental officials to its headquarters in Reston Virginia, to discuss introducing the brand’s items in the US territory's outlets and to...
Jealsa’s Water Management System Helps Boiro Plant Save 2,100 m3 Daily
Jealsa’s main tuna cannery in Boiro has an excellent water management system that helps it save thousands of cubic meters of H2O each day. Water management is a key aspect of the Boiro...
Dongwon F&B Expected To Profit From Stronger KRW
Korean analysts expect the strengthening of the Korean won against the US dollar will positively influence sales and profit numbers for tuna canners. The value of the KRW against the USD...
EU Alerts: Histamine In Tuna Poisons People In Slovakia And Latvia
Incidents involving tuna were reported in the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) across Latvia, Slovakia, and multiple cases from Portugal. Slovakia notified an excess...
Spanish Cannery Seeks Govt Support To Pay Its Staff
Uncertainty looms around Spanish tuna processor Cerdeimar. The company, located in Camariñas (Galicia region in Spain), owes EUR 4800 to EUR 5000 in salary to each of its 60 employees since...
Dongwon Tuna Cube Collects Korea’s Top Food Award
Dongwon's Tuna Cube ready-made meal, launched in 2021, won the food and seafood processing category of the ‘2022 Korea Food and Food Tech Awards'. It is made exclusively with a fish mold...
New Study Underlines The High Value In Tuna Waste
A new study reveals that the enzymatic hydrolysis of tuna waste, a chemical that plays a crucial role in digestion, is of high value and can go into the making of goods like tuna oil and Fish...
Cofaco Workers’ Strike Continues To April
The strike at Portuguese canned tuna and seafood firm Cofaco on the Azores, which started on September 1 last year, is continuing. The workers' union announced yesterday that the protest has...
Fishing Company Pevasa No Longer A Shareholder In Atunlo
Spanish tuna processing firm, Atunlo, had a change in its shareholders’ distribution at the end of last year. On December 28, purse seine fishing company Pevasa sold all its shares to Inpesca...