Aussies love their tuna as they consume high amounts of this fish annually. Most of the ambient tuna, mainly skipjack, and some yellowfin, sold in this part of the world is caught in the WCPO...
Tuna Processing News
Filippino Brand Offers Cats Now “Real Tuna”
Filipino pet products company Mo and Bear which sells its cat food under the brand Purr Delight recently announced its products are now available in select supermarkets. Previously, it could...
8th European Tuna Conference To Take Place In Barcelona On May 5
Atuna is proud to announce that it will be organizing the 8th European Tuna Conference on Monday, May 5, 2025, for the very first time in Barcelona, Spain. The event will take place one day...
Oman’s Largest Tuna Cannery Kick-Starts Operations
Oman’s state-owned SIMAK, formerly known as International Seafood Company, officially inaugurated the commercial production of tuna and other seafood in Duqm. A new line of canned tuna...
Dardanel Will Partly Fall In Foreign Hands
Turkish canned tuna firm Dardanel Onentas Gida Sanayi will get a foreign investor as a shareholder. The family-owned holding aims to sell a part of its shares but will remain the major owner...
Canned Tuna Value To See Billions Of Dollars Growth By 2031
The canned tuna market size is expected to grow exponentially by 2031 owing to health-conscious consumer trends, globalization, and innovative product developments. The US and Europe will...
Major Global Highlights November 2024
November was a crucial month for the two major tuna RFMOs – WCPFC and ICCAT. WCPFC meeting is ongoing and will conclude tomorrow, while ICCAT was held last month and drew important conclusions...
Coper & Inpesca Come To An Agreement For Atunlo
For months Spanish tuna loins processor Atunlo and fishing company Inpesca have been at loggerheads over the bankruptcy proceedings and restructuring of Atunlo. The latest news is that the two...
Will Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Affect US Canned Tuna Consumers?
Newly elected US President Donald Trump will take over his duties on January 20, and this could likely stir the global tuna and seafood industry. On November 25, Trump proposed a 25 percent...
Thai Canneries Cut Back Raw Material Trade With Smaller Suppliers
Thai producers purchased 17 percent less frozen tuna in the first nine months of this year from smaller suppliers than in the same period in 2023. Several fleets lost business with the...
Why Luthi Only Offers Leasing Model For Tuna Machines
Luthi Machinery only offers its tuna filling machines in a lease model to global processors for a reason. It pays off because more than 40 percent of all fillers in the world are Luthi, said...
Maldivian Households To Get Tuna Cans For Ramadan
The Maldivian government will give all households a box of tuna cans for Ramadan next year. President Mohamad Muizzu who announced this earlier this week has instructed officials from the...
Spanish Govt And Tuna Association Work Together On National Food Strategy
The Spanish government has begun to work on a National Food Strategy (NFS). The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, met representatives from the various national food...
Spanish Processors’ Canned Tuna Exports In H1 Remained Strong
The export of canned tuna from the EU increased in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2023 despite a slight drop in the tonnage from some of the suppliers. Spanish...
Oman Fisheries Top Executive Fired For Underperforming
Fish processing company Oman Fisheries recently fired its Chief Operating Officer Miguel Sanchez “due to noticeable and unacceptable decline in his job performance.” In a document sent to the...
Thai Union’s Pet Care Segment Major Contributor To Company’s High Earnings
The exponential growth of Thai Union’s PetCare – its pet food business – was one of the main drivers of the company's high net profit in the first nine months of this year. Thai Union sold...
Demand For Private Label Tuna Drove Thai Union’s Earnings
Thai Union’s ambient tuna segment, which comprises canned tuna and other seafood, did very well from January to September this year. The company sold 261,351 tons of branded and private-label...
FDA Found “Adulterated” Tuna Products At Chinese Processing Plant
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the Rongcheng Jiayuan Foods canned food facility in Shandong, China, on November 9 and 10. The agency found that canned tuna products,...
Sealect Aims To Massively Increase Per Capita Tuna Consumption In Thailand
Domestic brand Thai Union-owned Sealect said there is still much room for growth in canned tuna market in Thailand as the Thais do not eat as much of the fish as Europeans. The brand aims to...
Spain And Portugal Team Up To Strengthen Iberian Canning Sector
Canning associations Anfaco and ANICP from Spain and Portugal, respectively, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last Monday. The agreement aims to promote the Iberian tuna canning...
