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...
Tuna Processing News
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...
Philippines Cans Annual Tuna Congress, Switches To E-Meetings
The Tuna Congress considered the biggest gathering for industry players in the Philippines has been canceled this year due to COVID-19 concerns. It is held every September in General Santos...
Tuna Cannery Workers Treated For Breathing Issues In Ecuador
Approximately 17 workers in a tuna processing factory in Manta, Ecuador, were treated for respiratory problems after they were exposed to a food additive. The incident occurred at 9am on...
High Port Fees Scare PAFCO Suppliers
Concerns over the offloading port for the albacore supply destined for Fiji’s Pacific Fishing Company Ltd (PAFCO) continues. The cannery's Chair, Iqbal Jannif, said that while the tuna supply...
Leading Filippino Canner Aims To Double Business
Century Pacific Foods (CNPF), the leading canned food producer based in General Santos, Philippines, expects its earnings to grow this year above the usual target of 10-15 percent. The company...
ISSF Terminates Indonesian Processor After Four Years
The Indonesian tuna and seafood processing company PT Avila was recently terminated as an associate participating company at the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). The...
Report: StarKist Cannery Management Fears Minimum Wage Hike
The American Samoan government and the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) believe that the upcoming minimum wage increases on StarKist Co. could lead to the closure of its cannery. If this were to...
Seychellois Queuing To Get Work At IOT Plant
The only tuna processing plant in Seychelles has been working steadily during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly affected the economy of the African country. In fact, it has...
Canadian Factory Fire Another Blow For TU
A Canadian lobster processing plant, Les Pêcheries de Chez Nous, owned by Thai Union caught fire last week. On 21 May, a blaze broke out at the factory located in the coastal town of...
TU’s Pioneer Food Cannery Resumes Operations
Thai Union Group’s Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) in Ghana has once again resumed operations albeit with limited production capacity, according to a press statement released today. The communiqué...
Vanuatu Fisheries Director Expects Albacore Cannery Soon
Plans for a new tuna cannery are moving forward in Vanuatu. The Director of the Department of Fisheries, William Naviti, sees many potentials for the plant to process albacore since the...
TU’s Pioneer Cannery Coronavirus Outbreak Reported After 3 Weeks
Nearly a month after 533 workers in the canned tuna processing Pioneer Food Cannery in Ghana tested positive and the facility shut its doors, its parent company Thai Union announced the...
How Ecuador’s Largest Processor Deals With COVID-19
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, many tuna canneries have had to adopt new health and safety measures, which have impacted their production. The processor Nirsa, located in Ecuador,...
