The demand for bonito and tuna-like species in the US during the first quarter of the year saw a huge increase compared to previous years. Since the trade war between the US and China started,...
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Subway Lawsuit Change, Sandwiches Have Tuna But Not 100% Sustainable
Plaintiffs who are suing the US’s biggest fast-food chain, Subway Restaurants, allege that the company’s Tuna Melt products do not contain real tuna have changed their minds about their...
Cape Verde Asking For Global Sourcing Amidst Falling Tuna Exports
Cape Verde is adamant about getting global sourcing in the EU, especially given that its tuna exports have been falling. The latest statistics from the Bank of Cape Verde show that the volume...
Alliance Select’s Annual Net Loss Doubles In Just One Year
The Filipino processing company, Alliance Select Foods International, has reported a heavy loss in the first quarter of the year. The firm continues to attribute this to the COVID-19 health...
Maldives’ Tuna Economy Dependent On Three Buyers
Maldives' tuna industry is heavily dependent on Thai canneries for its exports. The latest data shows that in May the country had a more lucrative month compared to April as it exported more...
Tuna Sector Heavily Impacted By Freight Costs Chaos
Global sectors including the tuna industry are trying to cope with the major challenges of ever-increasing ocean freight costs but it has been hard going. Shipping tuna products to destination...
Spain Cuts Back On Skipjack, Italians Buy More Yellowfin Loins In Q1
Against all expectations, the demand for imported tuna loins in the EU softened during the first quarter of the year. This was especially true in Europe’s largest tuna canning nation, Spain,...
Lischewski’s Defense Appeals Against Wrongful Conviction On Price-Fixing
Former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski’s defense asked a Californian federal appeals court to overturn the conviction for price-fixing shelf-stable tuna on Wednesday. Counsel argued that...
Import Of Chinese Loins Losing Steam Despite ATQ Increase
The quantity of pre-cooked loins imported by the EU during this first quarter was significantly lower than last year. This happened even though the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for this...
Lidl Germany Switches Price-Entry Canned Tuna To MSC
In a momentous move, Lidl Germany has announced that almost all its private-label canned tuna assortments will carry the MSC logo. Making entry-level price sustainable tuna available for...
G7 Leaders Want To Eradicate Forced Labor In Global Supply Chain
The Group of Seven (G7) leaders have pledged their commitments to eradicate forced labor throughout global supply chains as well as to ensure free and fair trade. This could affect the...
US Imported Canned Tuna Biz Shrinks By 13% In Q1
Canned tuna imports by American buyers strongly receded during the first quarter of the year. The volume, which hit record-high levels in 2020, returned to more normal numbers. Most suppliers...
Labor Shortage Forces StarKist Samoa To Shift Loins Production
The labor shortage at the StarKist Samoa plant has worsened and has forced the cannery to shift its tuna loins operations. The cannery has been complaining for months to American Samoan...
Maldivian Tuna Exports Increase In Volume But Decline In Value
During the first quarter of the year, Maldives’s fish exports recorded a large boost. However, the low pricing of skipjack at the main receiver ports like Bangkok resulted in a...
Vanuatu Biggest Importer Of SolTuna Cans
Vanuatu is the largest market for canned tuna from the SolTuna plant in Solomon Islands. The Vanuatu National Statistics Office shows that from 2019 to 2020, the country imported 794 M/T of...
Ecuador Loses A Quarter Of Its EU Canned Business In Q1
The big drop in orders from EU buyers during the first three months of 2021 has heavily hit almost all foreign suppliers and of them, Ecuador experienced the largest reduction in terms of...
Readers: In-Person Seafood Events Will Not Happen Until 2022
The majority of our readers are very optimistic that life as it was before the COVID-19 pandemic is on its way back. However, they still believe that in-person seafood events will only take...
EU Buyers Made Drastic Cuts In Their Canned Tuna Orders
The first quarter of this year was marked by a big drop in canned tuna deliveries to the majority of EU markets. This is a continuation of the trend of Q4 2020 when the import demand of this...
EU Alerts: Tuna Transported In Poor Temperatures Destroyed In Spain
A total of four tuna-related alerts were raised with the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in May. They ranged from poor temperature control for frozen shipments to high levels...
Major Crackdown On Colored Tuna In Belgium
Authorities in Belgium are cracking down on fraudulent activity within the tuna sector in the country. The first operation, which took place between September and December of last year,...