The Smartfish NGO promises double the price for tuna landed by Mexican fishermen in Oaxaca City, South of Mexico. Such a claim has never been heard before. The organization is dedicated...
Tuna Processing News
Thai Pet Food Production Rising Sharply
The global pet food market is projected to record yearly growths for the next five years as a result of more people owning furry companions. Thai processors are increasing their operations in...
Fishing Sector Accuses NGOs Of Cherry-Picking Sciences
Since June 2020, the EU has been working on a framework, Taxonomy, to facilitate sustainable investments. The expert platform to assist the European Commission (EC) in developing its...
Jealsa Works On Adding Value To Fish Waste
Five Spanish companies, including Jealsa, form the consortium that initiated LIFE REFISH, which aims to create high-value-added products from fishery and aquaculture waste and by-products. It...
How Solomon’s Tuna Sector Defied COVID & Created Growth
The Solomon Islands tuna industry is going strong and the government is injecting money into ventures and programs to improve the entire supply chain in the sector. SolTuna cannery also...
Tesco Wants 100 Percent Observer Coverage In Supply Chain
Tesco aims to roll out 100 percent observer coverage and bycatch mitigation measures across its supply chains including tuna. The UK retailer pledged this after it joined Sustainable Fisheries...
Gomes Da Costa Launches Tuna With 81% Reduced Sodium
The new and improved Gomes da Costa Low-Sodium line is now being relaunched with a reduction of up to 81 percent sodium content in its solid oil-packed and in water canned tuna. The range is...
Energy Bill Killing Callipo’s Production After A Century
Italian company Callipo is considering layoffs because the price of gas and electricity has risen so high that it cannot continue production at the same levels that it has done for years. It...
Loose Screw In Cannery Creates Large-Scale Fire Alert
Locals of Mazatlan in Mexico observed mysterious smoke on September 1 and called the emergency number as they thought there was a fire. The Voluntary Fire Department and Civil Protection team...
Sunflower Prices Normalizing While Soy & Olive Oils Rise
Canned tuna processors can sigh in relief now that the price of sunflower oil is declining and supply is again flowing from Ukraine. The value of soy oil rebounded slightly in August, while...
Disappointing Start Of 2022 For Shanghai Kaichuang
The first half of 2022 has not been a promising start for Chinese tuna company Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International Co., Ltd. (SKMIC), which reported a loss in turnover of over 20 percent...
EU Consumers Facing Skyrocketing Inflation Of Seafood Prices
EU inhabitants paid nearly 11 percent more for their tuna and seafood products in June 2022 compared to last year due to high inflation. The region's tuna processing sector is also facing a...
Insurance Payout Prevents Jealsa From Losing EUR 38 Million
On May 8, 2021, the 11,000 square meter tuna processing complex of the canning and energy group Jealsa S.L. in the Spanish town of O Bodion (Boiro) caught fire. This was a dramatic event...
Zhonglu Builds Ocean Tuna Innovation Industrial Park
Publicly listed Chinese tuna company, Shandong Zhonglu Oceanic Fisheries Co Ltd, plans to fund the construction of an Ocean Innovation Industrial Park with CNY 960 million (USD 139.27...
COFACO’s Tuna Workers Announce Strike Over Low Wages
The union, SITACEHT/Azores, representing workers of the Portuguese canned tuna and seafood firm COFACO, has announced a strike beginning September 1. The protests will take place on Mondays...
TU Shareholders Invited To Nominate Successor For Founder Chansiri
Leading up to next year’s annual meeting, Thai Union invites its shareholders to submit agenda points and nominate a new Director for its Nomination, Remuneration, and Corporate Governance...
Princes Group Aims For 100 Percent MSC Tuna By 2025
UK-based Princes Group has announced that it plans to source and sell 100 percent sustainable MSC-certified tuna for its Princes brand by the end of 2025. This is an ambitious step for...
Thai H1 Canned Tuna Exports Surpassed USD 1 Billion Barrier
Thai processors recovered their canned tuna exports in the first half of this year after a dip in last year's trade. The higher volume and average price reveal that they jointly realized a...
Start-up Chose Plant-based Tuna On Misinterpretation Of Facts?
Impact Food raised funds for its plant-based imitation tuna to help prevent the collapse of wild Pacific bluefin. The start-up, located in California, US, secured USD 500,000 from funds that...
New Method Recycles 90% Of Pre-cooking Brine In Spanish Cannery
To reduce the waste of water used in Spanish canneries, AZTI developed a biorefinery process to give a second life to the brine generated during the tuna-cooking stage. Some canneries,...
