The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) intends to increase the country's domestic processing of tuna catches within the next three years. Fisheries Minister Dr. Lino Tom said...
Tuna Processing News
Philippines Ocean Canning Corporation Joins ISSF
Filipino company, Ocean Canning Corporation, is the latest to join the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). ISSF participating companies work with...
Brazil Interested In Jealsa’s Crusoé Foods Expansion
The Brazilian government is interested in increasing the tuna production in the state of Ceará. In early July, Crusoé Foods stated that it intends to expand its facilities in...
Giacinto Callipo Says “Made In Italy Tuna” Staying Strong
Giacinto Callipo Conserve Alimentari, even after a century, is still going strong. The Calabrian family business, renowned for its Callipo tuna brand, is...
Chinese To Build Mega Cold Storage Capacity
Last month, China's first huge cold store with a 50,000 M/T capacity for tuna and other seafood was put into operation. This is part of an expansion plan to store 300,000 M/T in the...
Thai Union Rebuilding Tuna Oil Refinery
Thai Union has started a project to rebuild its tuna oil refinery plant in Rostock, Germany, with minor improvements with an aim to have the plant commissioned by July 2020. The...
First “OneTuna” Plant Opens in Canada
In order to cater to the world's sushi market, Jason Tompkins, of OneTuna, has opened Canada's first federally licensed plant to process bluefin in Prince Edward Island...
Tri Marine To Keep San Pedro Processing Plant
Tri Marine Fish Company, owner of the San Pedro processing plant, and Silver Bay Seafoods have mutually agreed to cease further discussions regarding Silver Bay’s...
Tuna As Camembert? Mold Used To Keep Tuna Fresh
The Japanese food industry is developing new technologies for longer preservation of food, which will automatically result in food waste reduction. They have come up with a way of...
Australian Dinko Tuna Uses Nitrogen To Assure Continuous Supply
In order to guarantee bluefin supply all year round, Dinko Tuna Farmers’ owner, Lukina Lukin, has spent over USD 1.5 million during the course of two years to...
Minister Promises “White Elephant” Tuna Plant Operational In October
After 14 years of the country's only tuna processing plant not being utilized, Vanuatu's Fisheries Minister has now made the hard promise that the facility will be operational by October of...
Crusoé Foods Wants To Expand Facilities in Brazil
Crusoé Foods, a Spanish company located on the northern coast of the Brazilian state of Ceará in São Gonçalo do Amarante, wants to maintain the agreements made with the...
Spanish Tuna Sector Passes DG Sante’s Latest Inquiry
The Spanish tuna industry has passed the latest audit by the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) of the EU. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition...
Marukei Katsuobushi To Start Tuna Extraction Plant In Galicia
The Japanese fishing company, Marukei Katsuobushi Inc., is expanding to Galicia with a 1,170 square meter tuna processing plant. The facilities will be located...
Bolivia Considering To Build Tuna Plant
Landlocked Bolivia continues to claim rights to tuna fishing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) and the Atlantic Ocean (AO). The nation even intends to build a tuna processing plant...
New Tuna Cannery For Century Pacific In 2019
Business is going well for Philippines-based cannery, Century Pacific Food Inc. The company has set aside PHP 2 billion (USD 39.1 million) as capital expenditures (capex) of which half will be...
Solomon Cannery Opposes Increasing Minimum Hourly Wage To US$1
Some businesses in the Solomon Islands are unhappy with their government’s proposal of doubling the minimum wage for workers from USD 0.50 to USD 1 an hour. The...
Peruvian Canners Determined To Steer Exports To USD 100 Million
Peru expects to close 2019 with USD 50 million worth of tuna exports, said Alfonzo Miranda Eyzaguirre, President of the Peruvian Tuna Chamber (CPA). He pointed out that Peru has the...
Balfegó To Rebuild Its Plant After Last Year’s Fire
Spanish bluefin tuna company Balfegó is planning to invest EUR 16 million (USD 17,9 million) to construct a new processing facility after a fire in 2018 destroyed its...
Call For Peruvian Tuna Canning For Domestic Consumption
In a newspaper column, the President of National Fisheries Society, Cayetana Aljovín, made a call for the improvement and diversification of Peru’s tuna industry. In the...
