South Korean tuna company Dongwon Industries has won the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Grand Prize at the 2025 Korea Management Awards, a category introduced this year as companies...
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Year In Review: 2025 Top Stories
The global tuna industry faced pronounced volatility in 2025, marked by disruptions triggered by the US’s imposition of punitive reciprocal tariffs and a weakening US dollar. EU regulators...
Ottogi Launches Low-Fat Tuna Pouches For Health-Conscious Consumers
Last week, South Korean tuna brand Ottogi announced that it has launched three new tuna pouches under its brand ‘Light & Joy,’ for health-conscious consumers who are looking to make a...
PAFCO To Soon Become Vertically Integrated Company, Says Top Executive
Fiji’s state-owned tuna processor PAFCO, a major supplier of albacore loins to US canned tuna brand Bumble Bee, is weighing an expansion that would reshape its role in the global tuna supply...
Italian Pre-Cooked Loins Intake Remain Stable In Growing EU Market
Purchases of pre-cooked tuna loins by Italina canners remained stable between the first and third quarters of this year, versus the same period in 2024. Indonesia and Ecuador, which were the...
Chinese & Ecuador Loins Processors Increase Share In Spanish Market
Pre-cooked loins imports into Spain reached record levels between the first and third quarters of 2025. The price was only two percent cheaper. Spanish canners bought near equal volumes of...
Tuna Industry Watches Closely As Frime-Captain Fresh Deal Unfolds
The news that Spanish tuna processor Frime has been acquired by Indian seafood company Captain Fresh has sent shockwaves across the Spanish tuna industry. The deal is expected to give Frime a...
Aldi Australia Says All Its Canned Tuna Will Carry MSC Logo
Aldi Australia will be transitioning its entire canned tuna range to MSC-certified tuna. Its private labels, Oceanrise and Portview, will carry the sustainable blue tick by early 2026, the...
StarKist Holiday Giveaway Campaign And Other Social Media Stories
Tuna companies do not miss a chance to promote their products during the holiday season. This year, StarKist introduced a giveaway campaign for travelers. The video of bluefins attacking their...
Spanish Canners Drive EU Pre-Cooked Loins Buying As Prices Ease
EU canners increased their purchase of pre-cooked loins from Q1-Q3 2025, with Spain remaining the main destination for shipments. Prices eased over the period, with canneries paying less than...
Frime To Be Acquired By India’s Captain Fresh
Indian seafood company Captain Fresh is gearing up to acquire the major Spanish frozen tuna steak processor Frime S.A.U., intending to expand its international footprint. A spokesperson for...
Fricam Restructuring Plan Ensures Continuation and Establishment Of Coper Group
The restructuring plan for the Frigoríficos de Cambados (Fricam) tuna processing plant in Cambados, Spain, has been approved by the Commercial Court in Vigo. The facility is wholly owned by...
Plant-Based Tuna Gains Traction As Flexitarianism Grows
In the past five years, vegan tuna producers have positioned their fish-free alternatives as sustainable food source, betting on shifting consumer preferences among millennials and Gen Z....
EU Markets Profit From Ecuador’s Canned Tuna Influx
Ecuadorian processors shipped almost half as much canned tuna to the EU from January to September this year as in the cumulative Q3 of 2024. Spain was their biggest market, but the...
Seatech Rebuts Claims About Explosives At Van Camp’s Tuna Warehouse
Colombian seafood company Seatech International has dismissed reports that explosives were discovered at a tuna warehouse operated by its Van Camp’s subsidiary, saying the claims were...
European Tuna Conference 2026 To Take Place In Barcelona On April 20
Atuna is pleased to announce that we will be organizing the 9th edition of the European Tuna Conference on Monday, April 20, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain. The event will take place one day...
Thai Canned Tuna Exports To EU Continues To Grow
Thai canned tuna exports to the EU increased, and to key non-EU markets remained steady between January and September this year, with average selling prices largely unchanged over the period....
Colombian Govt Seals Off Van Camp’s Tuna Warehouse Over Safety Concerns
The Colombian Ministry of Labor has partially ceased the operations of Seatech International in Cartagena, which produces the Van Camp's tuna brand, after several boxes of explosive material...
Maldivian Govt Pledges New Plant To Appease Protesting Yellowfin Fishers
Maldivian yellowfin fishermen have kicked off fresh protests urging the government to intervene by purchasing their catch. Ahmed Shiyam, the Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources, sought...
EU Buyers Expand Imports From Smaller Canned Tuna Suppliers Amid Softer Prices
EU brands, retailers, and traders sharply increased their purchases of canned tuna from smaller suppliers between January and September. The cost of the products fell during this period. Atuna...
