The Spanish processing company, Conservas Cermar, has released a new product -- canned tuna bolognese, perfect for all kinds of pasta. The item, sold under the Galica brand, which markets...
Tuna Processing News
New Packaging Ensures Quality Of Frozen Tuna Longer At Lower Temperature
Japanese Toppan Printing has developed an innovative, eco-friendly packaging for fish and meat that retains the quality of the frozen product better for a longer period of storage and...
How Mushy Tuna Syndrome Affects Skipjack Production
How many of us in the tuna industry know about Mushy Tuna Syndrome (MTS)? Perhaps fishing companies and canneries, but who else? It has been a persistent issue for decades that mainly affects...
EU Processors And Fleet Clash Over ATQ Pre-Cooked Loins
European tuna fleet owners and tuna processors are clashing over the amount of duty-free imported frozen pre-cooked loins that are needed to supply canneries. This economic and political...
Sino-Van Plant In Vanuatu Planning To Produce Canned Tuna
Vanuatu’s Sino-Van fish factory is planning to produce canned tuna a year after it began operations. Since 2019, it has been exporting fresh and frozen tuna. The government will be injecting...
Study Shows Tuna DNA In Brine Difficult To Trace
Scientists have stated that due to their high value and great demand, tunas are likely candidates for seafood fraud. They found that extensive processing in tuna canning operations can lead to...
Expert Shreds Dolphin Meat In Canned Tuna DNA Research
Recently, the Mexican tuna industry was dumbstruck by the news that research by a local university found dolphin meat inside cans of tuna sold domestically. Atuna spoke with the...
Kenya Plans To Restore Its Tuna Business
President Uhuru Kenyatta stated that the Kenyan government wants to make the fisheries sector a key driver for the economy and the country to benefit more from its fish resources. He unveiled...
Dutch Pole-And-Line Tuna Brand Reaches The US
A new sustainable seafood brand is hitting the U.S. this month. Dutch celebrity chef, Bart van Olphen, is bringing his sustainable seafood label Fish Tales to Americans under the newly...
Pablo Múgica Leads Spanish Frime’s Expansion
Spanish tuna processor, Frime, has announced that Pablo Múgica stepped into the role of CEO in August after its current chief executive, Salvador Ramon, took up the company’s chairman...
Costa Rican Govt Turns Its Back To Tuna Plant
After more than a year since Alliance Fisheries Inc. presented its tuna plant project in Costa Rica, the government has shown no interest in it. The investment of CRC 89 billion (USD 148.92...
Raging Belgian Tuna Price War Approaches Legal Edge
In the Belgium canned tuna market, there is a fierce competition taking place at the edge of a local law which forbids retailers to sell foodstuffs below the cost price. Market-leading...
The Three Galician Canning Giants Battling Over Market Dominance
The canned tuna sector in Spain is a billion-euro business but when it comes to canning most of it takes place in one province: Galicia. Located in the north of the country along the Atlantic...
Atunlo Denies Soft Measures Led To COVID-19 Plant Outbreak
In mid-August, positive COVID-19 cases started to appear among the personnel of the Atunlo cannery in Santoña, Spain. Consequently, the plant was shut down for 15 days -- the measure to last...
Spanish Processor Temporarily Closes Plant
Atunlo has temporarily closed its tuna cannery in Santoña in Basque, Spain, after more than ten workers tested positive for COVID-19. Thereafter, the company started testing the entire staff...
Major Fatal Explosion In Tuna Cannery In Manta
During the morning of August 6, a boiler landed on the streets of Manta after an explosion inside a tuna cannery sent it flying over 150 meters. So far, the incident has left two workers dead...
Philippine Rise A Rich Tuna Fishing Ground?
The Philippine Rise, an undersea volcanic ridge, is considered a rich tuna fishing ground with high biodiversity that became part of the Philippines since the United Nations adopted its claim...
‘Cell-based’ On Future Tuna Label?
The innovative technology to produce tuna and other seafood from fish cells is becoming more and more sophisticated and is expected to be commercialized soon, but how should such products be...
Spanish Canner IG Montes Thriving During This Time Of Crisis
In Spain, one of the tuna processing companies that has been thriving during the COVID crisis is the family-owned firm of IG Montes. This is due to the peak in demand from the retail sector,...
EU Deal To Balance COVID-19 Effect For FoodTech
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected many tuna companies worldwide. However, Foodtech JSC in Vietnam has stated that throughout the crisis it has received an elevated number of...
