The construction of a tuna processing plant worth USD 22.3 million has begun in Daishan, Zhejiang province in China. Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International, a subsidiary of state-owned...
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Princes Mauritius Migrant Workers Receive Pamphlet “Know Your Rights”
Princes Tuna in Riche Terre, Mauritius has recently distributed a Government pamphlet aiming to sensitize and educate migrant workers of their rights. Minister of Justice, Human Rights and...
StarKist Settles Price-Fixing Lawsuits With 33 Retailers
Dongwon-owned StarKist has agreed to settle with 33 retailers, including Kroger Co., to resolve price fixing claims for canned tuna across the United States. Financial terms were not...
Why Are Tuna Workers Usually Absent? Study Shows Results
Solomon Islands-based SolTuna, through a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), aimed to solve the company’s high rate of absenteeism among employees through a series of...
What Is The Main Reason Behind Use Of Soy Additives In Canned Tuna?
Last week, Atuna reported about a recent tuna scandal that rocked Mexico. The country’s Federal Consumer Protection Agency revealed that up to 62 percent of soy additives can be...
Vanuatu’s “White Elephant” Processing Plant Promised To Operate By October
The Vanuatu-based tuna processing plant has been non-operational for several years, however, recent developments have been made to get the plant up and running. The plant is often...
Labor Shortage Crisis Creates Conflict Over Tuna Workers’ Nationality
A conflict has risen between StarKist in American Samoa and Samoa due to plans to recruit 200 qualified guest workers from Samoa to work as fish cleaners. Specifically the company is...
Philippines Hopes PNG Deal Will Help Its Canneries
A mutual deal between the Philippines and Papua New Guinea has been signed to bolster “cooperation, consultation, and exchange of technical assistance in fisheries research and...
Viral Canned Tuna Video Claimed To Contain Flavored Wool
After a scare on social media in Chile, the sanitary control authority of Ecuador inspected the Galapesca cannery and found no irregularities in their products. This news comes after...
Azores Set To Privatize Tuna Plant
The Santa Catarina tuna factory in Azores is being prepared to be privatized by the government amidst fear of “serious economic and social consequences for the island’s economy”, according to...
Callipo’s School Preserves Tradition Of Special Tuna Cleaning
The Calabarian Company has announced plans to maintain tradition while incorporating new requirements and technological progresses. Callipo is over 100 years old and holds the story...
American Samoa Gov’t To Reinstate Guest Worker Permit Law
After StarKist Samoa appealed to the American Samoa government to relax immigration rules for foreign workers, a guest worker scheme has been re-introduced, allowing tuna...
StarKist Samoa Asks Gov’t To Relax Immigration Rules For Tuna Cleaners
Dongwon-owned StarKist Samoa has requested the American Samoan government to ease immigration approvals for workers coming in from other countries, particularly from the Republic of...
Post-Brexit Guide To Help Confused UK Tuna Importers
Seafish, the Non-Departmental Public Body set up to support the £10 billion UK seafood industry has published a guidance with the intent of preparing UK seafood...
3,000 Kilos Of Tuna Tip Onto Main Road
Over 3,000 kilos of frozen tuna has been dropped on O Salgueiral’s roundabout in Spain. The truck transporting the fish was making its way along the road when the rear door...
Montenegro Dreams About Its Own Local Tuna Brand
Montenegro, a tiny Balkan country in Eastern Europe with less than 700,000 inhabitants and with a 295 km Mediterrenean coastline, is planning to open its own tuna farming and...
EU Canners Rapidly Exhaust Duty-Free Quota For Tuna Loins
More than 41,000 M/T from six tariff codes for frozen pre-cooked tuna loins are already awaiting allocation for the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) set at 30,000 M/T for the European Union from...
Dhofar Fisheries Plans USD 26M Cannery In Sezad
A plot of land totaling an area of 41 square meters has been allocated in a leasing agreement signed by Dhofar Fisheries and Food Industries and Oman’s Special Economic Zone...
Dongwon F&B Diversifies Products, Improves Canned Tuna Segment In 2019
Leading South Korean canned tuna firm Dongwon F&B is employing a new strategy to improve business stability in 2019 through expansion of product lines and...
IN BRIEF: Storm Cuts Power To Jealsa Cannery
The Jealsa de Boiro cannery, in Portugal, has been left without power for 30 minutes due to harsh weather condition in the municipalities of Ribeira and Porto do Son. The...
