Ocean Brands, a division of the Jim Pattinson Group and Canada’s leading supplier of canned albacore tuna and salmon, has acquired leading supplier of canned sardines and anchovies in Canada,...
Tuna Processing News
Bom Petisco Introduces Larger Canned Tuna Sizes
Portugal’s Bom Petisco has diversified its “Classic” canned tuna product range with the launch of new can sizes: the available option of 200 grams and 385 grams for its “Oil”, “Olive”, and...
Trader Joe’s Settles For $1.3M In Underfilling Case
After a two-year battle with the California federal court, US grocer Trader Joe’s (owned by Aldi) has agreed to settle for USD 1.3 million a proposed class action from consumers claiming the...
Chancerelle Opens Second Plant In Southern Morocco
Largest producer of MSC-certified tuna in France, Chancerelle, is opening a second plant in Laayoune, southern Morocco. The EUR 4 million (USD 4.6 million) plant, which will cover an area of...
China Tariffs: StarKist Backs It Even As Trade Body Opposes
With the supplemental action announced by the US two months ago in its ongoing trade war set to effect soon, there have been calls for backtracking. The latest to join campaign against tariffs...
To Hike Or Not Hike: American Samoa’s Minimum Wage Dilemma
While it is uncommon for governments to have reservations about hiking minimum wage, such an outlook is currently being observed in American Samoa. American Samoan Governor Lolo Moliga has...
Noro’s Bid To Become The Tuna Reefer Container Hub
Tri Marine, along with global logistics company Maersk and Solomon Islands Port Authority (SIPA), is continuing with its efforts to make the port of Noro a hub for tuna exports in 40ft reefer...
Greenpeace’s Cannery Ranking Under Government Jurisdiction
A change of hands is underway for Greenpeace Philippines' Tuna Cannery Ranking Tool. A full takeover by the country's Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
DOJ Urges Civil Case Against Lischewski Be Stalled
Prosecutors with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have urged a California judge to stall the civil lawsuit against former Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski. The request has been made on the...
Bumble Bee Owner Gets Partial Relief In Price Fixing Case
Lion Capital, a UK-based private equity firm and owner of Bumble Bee Foods, has been allocated some respite in the ongoing price fixing case, with a favorable ruling from a California federal...
Solomon Islands’ Noro Continues Tuna Expansion
More than four decades ago, it was the tuna business that laid the foundation of the Noro Township in Solomon Islands’ Western Province. After a period of stagnation that saw the town’s first...
Sajo Accused Of Using Pressure Tactics To Boost Sales
Some employees of Sajo have claimed that the South Korean deep sea fishing company forced them to purchase gift sets before the Chuseok and Lunar New Year holidays over the past decade in...
US Stops Purchasing Chinese Seafood Amid Tariff Threat
Seafood buyers in the US have halted their orders of Chinese seafood as the threat of increased duties looms, according to industry sources. The additional 10-percent duty on Chinese products,...
Prosecutor Withdraws Case Against Alliance Executives
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Makati, a city in the Philippines’ Metro Manila capital region- the country’s financial hub and location of the stock exchange- has agreed to withdraw a case...
Sajo’s Diversification Plan Raises Questions
A slowdown in South Korean market has forced one of the three major local tuna industry players, Sajo, to diversify. One of the areas the South Korean firm has been exploring is the meat...
Yellow Card Hurts Vietnam’s Canned EU Exports
Vietnamese exports of canned tuna to the European Union (EU) suffered a sharp decline in the first half of this year, highlighting the negative impact of yellow card issued to the country last...
‘Slaughter-Free’ Startup Aims To Replace Wild Catch
A US-based firm, BlueNalu, has secured USD 4.5 million in seed round funding after launching just two months ago. Like BlueNalu, a number of companies that offer substitutes for wild catch...
Brazilian Loin Processor Heavily Hit By EU Embargo
One of Brazil’s biggest tuna loin processors, Leal Santos, has said its turnover drop this year will be “very large” following the EU’s decision to completely ban the import of seafood from...
Tuna Discharges In Ribeira Surge
A sharp rise in tuna discharges on the port of Ribeira enabled the region of A Barbanza in the Spanish province of Galicia to maintain its supremacy in tuna trading activity in the first seven...
Could Tuna Price Controls Revive Venezuelan Industry?
The Venezuelan government has introduced price controls on certain essential products, including canned tuna, in order to contain inflation, which skyrocketed amid the ongoing economic crisis....
