A regulation to allow Ecuador to hold onto its zero duty trade preferences with the European Union was adopted and published just in time. With an end of 2014 deadline on the nation’s GSP+...
Tuna Processing News
250 Tests Daily To Assure Tuna Quality
In today’s tuna industry, high quality can be the key to success, and consistent monitoring and qualitative testing is the key to ensure and maintain high quality; but not all production...
Fijian Tuna Processor Not Affected By Bumble Bee Acquisition
As a supplier of 50 percent of the albacore going to Bumble Bee Seafoods’ Santa Fe cannery, Fiji’s major fish processing company, PAFCO, says that it will not be affected by the recent switch...
Phil GSP+ Gives Little Confidence Boost To Century Investors
End of December, the Philippines was handed a ticket to zero duty canned tuna trade with the largest import market in the world. The GSP+ deal secured with the European Union was a huge plus...
Portable Electronic Device Measures Fat Level In Bluefin
Tuna wholesalers and retailers will now be able to determine the fat level in bluefin tuna in just 10 seconds. This is the claim of Japanese researchers, who have developed a portable device...
Growth In Thai Export Shipments To Americas
Despite an eight percent rise in exports to the US, Thai canned tuna producers have suffered a decline in the product’s global shipments. A softening in Thailand’s US market growth from early...
Thailand Sees No Recovery From EU Export Crash
A bearish trend has hit Thailand’s canned tuna shipments, with further evidence of an EU export crash. Volumes of the product shipped to the world’s largest canned tuna import market have seen...
PNG Confident In 2015 Processing Boost
Following current infrastructure improvements in Morobe, PNG, the region’s tuna industry is expecting to entice investors and boost confidence in the region’s tuna processing sector. Morobe’s...
Reactions BB Deal – TUF Shares Fall
Several international news outlets have put the commercial tuna industry on the global stage by highlighting the recent deal made by one of the world’s largest seafood processing companies,...
Carrefour’s ‘New’ Tuna Salad Boxes
In 2012 Carrefour, one of Europe’s leading retailers, started marketing its own shelf stable tuna salad boxes, and having acquired one of the products, atuna.com decided to do some tasting....
Breaking News: Thai Union Buys Bumble Bee
In a USD 1.5 billion deal, Thai Union, the world’s largest canned tuna processor has acquired 100 percent of shares in Bumble Bee Seafoods. TUF says the move will enhance its portfolio of...
Tuna Takes Brand New Spot On Supermarket Shelves
You won’t just find tuna products in the canned seafood aisle anymore, as John West adds a whole new twist to the market. Tuna meets salad dressing in the brand’s innovative pouched product....
Maldives Bringing In Nepalese To Do The Work
Across many sectors, including tuna fishing, processing and shipping, the Maldives is suffering from a shortage of workers, and companies are being pushed to source foreign employees from as...
Ecuador Zero Duty Passed By EU Parliament
News is in from Brussels, as the European Parliament has just passed a resolution that means Ecuador will be holding on to its zero duty trade on canned tuna with the EU. After panic in Manta,...
EU Loins Quota Hurting Mauritius Tuna Processor Earnings
The owner of Mauritius’ second largest tuna processor, Ireland Blyth Limited (IBL) has expressed frustration at the current financial situation it is facing due to increased EU trade of...
Panic In Ecuador, EU Calms Concerns With Importers
Panic in Manta and delayed shipments of canned tuna to the European Union could be unnecessary alarm; Brussels says that cause for concern for EU importers on Ecuador losing zero percent duty...
DNA Becomes More Important With New EU Labeling Laws
As of December 13th 2014 new EU food labeling laws will have to be adhered to, including requirements for the exact species contained, the fishing gear used to catch it, and the FAO zone in...
New Bumble Bee Plant In Samoa Still Unsure
Government sources in Apia, Samoa, say that although a review is in progress, Bumble Bee’s project to build a new loining plant there has still not taken off. According to reports, although...
Jonathan Dee Replaced As President Of Alliance Tuna
There has been a significant shuffle of the board of directors and top management positions at Alliance Select Foods International, as former President, Jonathan Dee has been replaced. Raymond...
Sardimar Lays Off Workers Because Of Electricity Bill
In Costa Rica, 90 Sardimar processing employees have been laid off due to what the company claims is an increased cost in electricity bills. Sardimar’s tuna plant in Puntarenas, the only tuna...
