The Tuna Congress considered the biggest gathering for industry players in the Philippines has been canceled this year due to COVID-19 concerns. It is held every September in General Santos...
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Tuna Cannery Workers Treated For Breathing Issues In Ecuador
Approximately 17 workers in a tuna processing factory in Manta, Ecuador, were treated for respiratory problems after they were exposed to a food additive. The incident occurred at 9am on...
High Port Fees Scare PAFCO Suppliers
Concerns over the offloading port for the albacore supply destined for Fiji’s Pacific Fishing Company Ltd (PAFCO) continues. The cannery's Chair, Iqbal Jannif, said that while the tuna supply...
Leading Filippino Canner Aims To Double Business
Century Pacific Foods (CNPF), the leading canned food producer based in General Santos, Philippines, expects its earnings to grow this year above the usual target of 10-15 percent. The company...
ISSF Terminates Indonesian Processor After Four Years
The Indonesian tuna and seafood processing company PT Avila was recently terminated as an associate participating company at the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). The...
Report: StarKist Cannery Management Fears Minimum Wage Hike
The American Samoan government and the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) believe that the upcoming minimum wage increases on StarKist Co. could lead to the closure of its cannery. If this were to...
Seychellois Queuing To Get Work At IOT Plant
The only tuna processing plant in Seychelles has been working steadily during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly affected the economy of the African country. In fact, it has...
Canadian Factory Fire Another Blow For TU
A Canadian lobster processing plant, Les Pêcheries de Chez Nous, owned by Thai Union caught fire last week. On 21 May, a blaze broke out at the factory located in the coastal town of...
TU’s Pioneer Food Cannery Resumes Operations
Thai Union Group’s Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) in Ghana has once again resumed operations albeit with limited production capacity, according to a press statement released today. The communiqué...
Vanuatu Fisheries Director Expects Albacore Cannery Soon
Plans for a new tuna cannery are moving forward in Vanuatu. The Director of the Department of Fisheries, William Naviti, sees many potentials for the plant to process albacore since the...
TU’s Pioneer Cannery Coronavirus Outbreak Reported After 3 Weeks
Nearly a month after 533 workers in the canned tuna processing Pioneer Food Cannery in Ghana tested positive and the facility shut its doors, its parent company Thai Union announced the...
How Ecuador’s Largest Processor Deals With COVID-19
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, many tuna canneries have had to adopt new health and safety measures, which have impacted their production. The processor Nirsa, located in Ecuador,...
Frinsa Expanding Production In Portugal
The Portuguese processing tuna and seafood company A Poveira, which is controlled in its majority by the Spanish group Frinsa, is expanding its production in the middle of the COVID-19...
3D Printed Tuna Fillet No Science Fiction
Legendary Vish, a start-up venturing in the plant-based food market, is working on 3D printed tuna and salmon fillet. Other companies are already using this technology to imitate the texture,...
Three Foreign Engineers To Save 2,500 Jobs At StarKist Samoa
As an exception to American Samoa’s lockdown measures, three StarKist engineers arrived from South Korea in a private jet last Saturday morning to provide emergency servicing to the island’s...
Unionization For Migrant Workers Tough In Thailand
Although trade unions are giving more voice to migrant workers in Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia, organizing has not been easy, according to a report of the International Labor Rights...
Indonesian Tuna Processor Receives Investment From Meloy Fund
Indonesian fresh and frozen tuna processor, PT SIG Asia, has received capital from the Meloy Fund for Sustainable Community Fisheries. The company will use the investment to access new...
StarKist Samoa Qualified As Life-Sustaining Business
American Samoa has extended its coronavirus emergency measures until May 1. This means that the borders will remain closed until then. However, the StarKist Samoa cannery was granted an...
Bitung’s Tibo-Tibo Traders Linchpin For Domestic Tuna Chain
The city of Bitung, which is located on the northern coast of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, plays a major role in the country's tuna industry as it is the processing center for its...
Solomon Islands’ Second Tuna Cannery Plan Takes Off
The Solomon Islands’ government has once again reaffirmed its commitment to the construction of a second tuna processing plant as initial work on the Bina Harbour project takes off. The...
