US brands, retailers, and traders slightly reduced their imports of canned tuna in the first three months of this year compared to the record Q1 2025. They stayed above the average normal...
Tuna Processing News
Spanish Tuna Firm Actemsa Eyes Expansion
Spanish tuna company Actemsa, one of the leading names in the European tuna industry, has a strong presence in the sector. The company recently announced plans to venture into new avenues...
Tuna Among Segments That Powered CNPF First-Quarter Profit Growth
Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF) reported a 15 percent year-on-year revenue increase in the first quarter of 2026, stating “resilient volume growth helped cushion cost headwinds.” OEM exports...
Nirsa Navigates Global Uncertainty And Challenging Market Conditions
The current global situation with higher marine fuel prices, extra freight surcharges, and volatility of catches is impacting tuna fishing fleets, and vertically-integrated company Nirsa is no...
Tuna Overtakes Cod In MSC-Certified UK And Ireland Sales
In the UK, a new milestone was reached as MSC-certified tuna sales overtook those of cod, becoming the most sold species with a blue tick last year. The volume of MSC tuna purchased in this...
Genova Debuts Ready-To-Eat Mediterranean Tuna Bowls
Genova Premium Tuna has launched two new high-protein ‘Mediterranean Tuna Bowls’ in the US, amid rising consumer interest in Mediterranean diets. Thai Union, through its US subsidiary...
Mohamed Anas Appointed To Lead State-Owned Mifco
Maldivian state-run Mifco has named Mohamed Anas as its CEO and Managing Director, succeeding Farhath Shaheer, who stepped down in April after more than a year in the role. Before taking the...
Global Appetite For MSC Tuna Surge Led By Germany & US
Global sales of MSC tuna continued to grow from April 2025 to March 2026, led by strong demand for skipjack. Germany remained the largest market for sustainably sourced tuna followed by the...
Softening Skipjack Price In Bangkok, El Niño Grip On WCPO Supply
The price of frozen whole round skipjack in the Bangkok hub is softening amid reluctance by canneries to buy raw materials at high rates. The supply from WCPO fisheries remains poor. Atuna has...
EU Freezing Rule Responded To Fraud Prevention Rather Than A Health Crisis
Salvador Ramon Mateo, President of Frime, emphasized the challenges of compliance with the -18 degree Celsius rule for purse seiners at the Atuna European Tuna Conference held in April in...
Maldives, Sri Lanka Tighten Trade Relations With New Tuna Deal
Maldivian state-run Mifco will soon begin exporting its premium canned tuna, Fasmeeru Felivaru, to Sri Lanka through Colombo-based Development Interplan Ceylon Ltd. (DICL). The deal was signed...
Albacore Stands Out Amid Thai WR Purchases Decline
Thai processors reduced the purchases of all frozen whole round tuna species, except albacore, between January and March this year. In the first quarter of 2025, Thailand imported 193,367 M/T...
Thai Union’s Branded Canned Tuna & Pet Food Boost Sales
Thai Union Group announced a strong performance in the first quarter of 2026. The ambient segment, comprising canned and pouched tuna, experienced a slight increase in sales and generated half...
Calvo Launches Limited Summer Edition Tuna Cans
The Calvo brand has launched three new Limited Summer Edition products for the Spanish market, two are tuna-based offerings, ahead of the country's peak summer sales period. The two tuna...
Australian Tuna Market Crosses 70 Percent MSC Threshold
Australian tuna brands and retailers hit a new milestone this year, with 70 percent of canned tuna available in the country now sourced and labeled from MSC-certified sustainable fisheries. On...
Thai Processors Turn To IO WR As Pacific Supply Dwindles In Q1
The intake of frozen whole round tuna by Thai processors in the first three months of 2026 declined for the second year in a row. The usual suppliers operating in the Western and Central...
COS To Become “First Mainstream US Brand” To Sell 100% MSC-Tuna
Chicken of the Sea announced on World Tuna Day that its retail tuna products, cans and pouches, will contain 100 percent MSC certified tuna by the end of this year. It stated that going 100...
MSC Yearbook 2026: Tuna Sales Break Records
The global market for MSC-labeled tuna has grown strongly in the last 10 years, with a 33 percent growth YoY. It reached its highest level in a decade in the period from April 2025 to March...
INFOFISH Opens Registration For World Tuna Conference
Registration is now open for the biennial 19th INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference and Exhibition, set for September 14 to 16, 2026, in Bangkok. More than 500 participants from across the...
Galician Politicians Call For Higher ATQ For Tuna Loins
The Galician canning sector in Spain wants to import more pre-cooked loins duty free. On Tuesday, the Galician parliament gave the green light with the support of several political parties to...
