Despite increased container freight charges and various raw material costs hammering the tuna industry, canned tuna import volumes within the EU up to Q3 2021 appear to have been only very...
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Europeans’ Tuna Self-Sufficiency Is Declining
An individual European on average consumed around 24 kilograms of tuna and other fish species combined (wild-caught and farmed) in 2019. This high seafood consumption has been mainly fueled by...
Walmart US Looks To Drones To Deliver Tuna
Walmart customers can now have their canned tuna delivered via drones. Last week, the largest retailer in the US began offering aerial distribution in the state of Arkansas. Its inaugural...
Seafood Expo Barcelona Getting Bigger Than Ever
As most European countries are currently being hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, Diversified Communications has announced that the 2022 edition of Seafood Expo Global is moving forward in...
Tuna Outperforms Salmon As Europeans’ Favourite Seafood
Europeans seemed to have feasted on canned tuna in 2019 with the highest level of per capita consumption ever recorded, according to the latest findings by an EU data agency. This means that...
EU Planning Import Ban On Non-Sustainable Land Products, Is Seafood Next?
The EU has recently announced its plans to ban all imports of land-based agriculture products that are linked to deforestation. The sustainable forward move shows a strong commitment by the...
Philippine’s Pouched Tuna Thriving In The US
The demand for pouched tuna in America has been stabilizing after a fall in imports last year when the foodservice sector was temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Imports of...
Alliance Select Foods Sells Investment To Cover Losses
Philippine-based tuna processor, Alliance Select Foods International Inc (ASFII), has sold its 80 percent investment in the farmed salmon company, Akaroa Salmon New Zealand. The company stated...
Spanish Chef Presents New Cheese Made With Tuna Sperm
The Spanish chef, Ángel León, presented his latest creation at the food fair of San Sebastián, Gastronómika, which ends today. He wowed attendees when he unveiled a novel creation --...
American Ambient Tuna Sales Show A Strong Q3 Performance
The US market for frozen, fresh, and shelf-stable tuna and seafood products has dropped in value during the first nine months (Q3) of 2021, revealed US-based market research companies, IRI and...
Thousands Of Dollars In Undeclared Frigate Tuna Seized In Philippines
Authorities at the Filipino port of Davao have seized around 2,300 boxes containing undeclared frozen frigate tuna which were being imported into the country. According to the Bureau of...
US Largest Ports Want To Reduce Pile Up Of Containers With Fines
This month, two of the largest ports in the US, Los Angeles and Long Beach, initiated a plan to start charging extra fees on ocean carriers that fail to clear their containers off the docks....
Chile’s Authorities Find Mislabeling In Canned Tuna Brands
A comprehensive study into the compliance of canned tuna products in Chile regarding label information reveals that not all brands show a reliable nutritional table on their packaging. The...
Conxemar Searching For Allies In Open War Against Seafood Expo
Conxemar is adamant about winning the trade show battle against Seafood Expo Global, which next year will also take place in Spain. In the past, the Vigo fair stated that two seafood events of...
US Q3 Canned Imports Back At Pre-Pandemic Level
Trading data from the US continues to confirm the early expectation that canned tuna deliveries were going to experience a decline in 2021. This was after markets took in record-high...
Judge Rules Manuel Chang Extradition To US For Tuna Scandal
A South African federal court has ordered the extradition of former Mozambican Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, to the US to face corruption charges for his role in signing off on USD 2 billion...
Heavy Q3 Skipjack Buying By Thai Canners, Despite Falling Sales
Thai processors have been buying much more raw material than in the previous years. Their cumulative Q3 purchases of whole round skipjack in particular drove the frozen raw tuna imports to the...
Thai Union’s Q3 Canned Tuna Sales Revenue Declines
Thai Union (TU) recently released news that its net profit dropped by about six percent while sales increased for all segments in the third quarter of this year (Q3 2021). On the other hand,...
TV Show Alleges Species Fraud In Spanish Canned Tuna
Allegations have been hurled that some preserved tuna products in Spain are made of other, cheaper fish species. The claim was revealed last week on the TV show Are You Going to Eat It, which...
Thai Packers Recovering In Africa
Thai packers have been losing a big chunk of business this year. Shipments of canned tuna to most regions across the world dropped compared to last year, except for those to Africa. The trade...