New market access agreements between Europe and the United States with Asian countries are “progressively eroding any advantages” that the PNA had under the Exclusive Partnership Agreement...
Tuna Processing News
Are US Tuna Labels Vague And Misleading?
When buying cans of Chunk Light in the US, consumers have no way to know if the tuna they are purchasing is made up of a species which is abundantly healthy, such as skipjack, one that’s...
Could PNG Successfully Venture Into The US Market?
The US government has noticed the potential tuna production of PNG, according to the Production Manager of one PNG based cannery, International Food Corporation (IFC). His remarks came...
Attitudes To FAD-Free And PMIZ Predictions
Surprising results were recorded in our poll last week about FAD-free declarations, and this week we have a new poll which could produce some equally unexpected results. It concerns the final...
PNG One Of China’s Largest Investment Destinations
The kick-starting of the long-delayed Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) program in Madang, PNG, has contributed to the nation becoming the largest destination for Chinese investment in the...
Will World’s Largest Tuna Production Zone Become Reality?
After eleven years of toing and froing, a multi-million project is said to have got the final go-ahead in the Madang province of PNG, under the name of the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone...
Will Chinese Be Successful Running A Spanish Premium Canner?
It would be a big challenge for anyone to take over a company with deep rooted traditions and culture, and a long history in producing premium canned tuna products for the Spanish market; even...
Canned Tuna Imports Ruining Domestic Processing Industry
The demise of the tuna processing industry in Venezuela, resulting in significant job loss, is a labor problem fast becoming a major social problem too. Around 3,000 workers are now unemployed...
Skipjack Improves Japanese Catcher’s Profits, But For How Long?
This week, Japanese fishing and processing company Kyokuyo Co. Ltd, has announced that its consolidated operating income for the first six months to September has jumped by 56 percent year on...
Million Dollar Bumble Bee Loan For Supplier
After a USD 7 million loan from Bumble Bee Seafoods, work on a new cold storage facility in Levuka, Fiji, has finally got off the ground and construction has begun on a large scale, with the...
Crusoe Wants To Boost Brazilian Tuna Consumption
Under the firm’s subsidiary brand Crusoe Foods, Spanish tuna producer Jealsa Rianxeira spent millions opening a new Brazilian cannery in 2014, but, not yet satisfied, the firm is now set to...
Wild Planet Accused Of Substantial Underfilling
Wild Planet Foods, with its US canned pole and line tuna brand, Sustainable Seas, is the latest firm to face accusations of underfilling its cans. Immediately following claims that US...
Underfilled Cans, “No Accident”?
A class action lawsuit filed against US retailer Safeway for underfillling cans comes just shortly after StarKist agreed to a USD 12 million settlement in a similar case. Their closeness rings...
Preparing For Long-Term Stagnant Market
Value added products could be the perfect route for Asian tuna processors, according to one company, which believes the Thai tuna industry will remain relatively flat for the next two years....
Thai Canner Doubling Production Capacity
A Thai canned tuna producer has announced that the opening of its new factory will take place in early 2016, and will see the firm double its canned tuna capacity and begin to look for new...
EU Buyers Turn Away From Ecuador’s Tuna
Shipments from Ecuador to the EU are still showing stark differences to last year’s volumes, as canned tuna exporters struggle to hold on to an evaporating market share. Asian processors...
Golden Prize Labor Conflict Escalates
Employees at Golden Prize Canning in Thailand have initiated a strike in reaction to non-movement from company management on recent unfair labor claims. After receiving a letter from the Thai...
TU’s Profit Soars Despite Pressures
In the face of significant pressures, Thai Union’s third quarter profit margin has surged to a record high level for the past four years, rising consistently to 17.3 percent. The firm reports...
Safeway Faces Lawsuit On Underfilling Cans
Ranked as North America’s second largest supermarket chain, Safeway has been accused by a putative class of customers for cheating shoppers, and underfilling cans of its private label tuna,...
Military Presence In Thai Tuna Cannery
Golden Prize Canning, a Thai canned tuna processing company, has just two more days to respond to an eight point letter issued by the Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA), relating to...
