Tuna processing companies in Spain dominate the top positions among seafood firms in terms of sales and turnover. This is according to the latest ranking of canned fish manufacturers recently...
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Thai Union Invests In New Pet Food Firm To Regain Japanese Market
Today, Thai Union announced the launching of a new pet food company in Japan named Japan Pet Nutrition. They invested JYP 5 million (USD 45,627) in the enterprise via its subsidiary Songkla...
Record Levels Of Skipjack & Albacore Made Their Way To Bangkok In Q1
During the first quarter of this year, Thailand reported a massive increase in its imports of whole round frozen tuna. This was marked by skipjack landings, however, albacore and bigeye also...
Thai Packers’ Raw Material Intake At 5-Year High
Processing plants in Thailand imported greater quantities of raw material during Q1 2021. This might be a move to stock up their inventories after the high demand for canned tuna experienced...
Will Any Seafood In-Person Events Take Place In 2021?
Just like last year, COVID-19 is continuing to cause headaches for seafood event producers. On Wednesday, Diversified Communications said that the Seafood Expo Global 2021 gathering will be...
Readers Confident That Canned Tuna Sales Will Recover
Canned tuna sales have slightly declined during the first months of 2021. Last year was marked by very high purchases driven by the pandemic lockdowns which resulted in panic buying large...
Thai Canneries Lose A Quarter Of Business With US Tuna Buyers In Q1
The exports from the world’s leading canned tuna processing nation dropped during the first quarter of 2021. Thailand’s canneries were not able to maintain the exceptional shipments of last...
Global Food Prices Racing Upward, Vegetable Oils Sky High
Global food commodity prices have been bullish for almost a year now and are expected to continue to increase. The trend started almost at the same time the pandemic hit major markets like the...
E-Monitoring Standards To Reach Spanish Industry By End Of The Year
Minimum standards for the implementation and use of e-monitoring (EM) on board fishing vessels are currently being developed in Spain. This is one of the issues Gabriel Gomez, Managing...
Tuna Businesses Could Lose Out From Online Buying Consumer Behavior
Tuna businesses have to invest in online retail as that is the growing trend in customer buying behavior, according to expert, Vaughan Ryan, the Managing Director for Asia-Pacific (APAC) in...
New Stand-up John West Tuna Pouches On Dutch Shelves
John West has modified the layout of its Dutch Tuna Twist assortment. The product now comes packed in a stand-up pouch and the packaging has changed from glossy to matte. A new tuna flavor,...
Infofish Conference: Private Labels & E-Commerce Big Winners On Tuna
The World Tuna Conference that usually takes place in Bangkok has kicked off virtually after last year’s forced pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Infofish, the organizer, has put together...
Tuna On The Menu In Social Media Posts
The Atuna team recently spotted some great tuna trends on social media. World Tuna Day on May 2 was well represented with many posts spreading the news about it online. What is as big as a...
Subway’s New Fresh Tuna Melt Sparks Safety Controversy
The fast-food franchise, Subway, recently released a new tasty tuna option. However, owners of several of these restaurants have expressed their concerns about the dish as they allege that it...
Will Canned Tuna Sales Recover In The Coming Quarters?
The sales of canned tuna have fallen in the first quarter of this year, especially in the EU. This is entirely different from the pandemic-driven need shown for shelf-stable tuna products...
Readers: Tuna Execs Involved In Price-Fixing Should Also Be Imprisoned
Two former Bumble Bee executives, Walter Scott Cameron and Kenneth Worsham, and one ex-StarKist employee, Stephen Hodge, did not receive any jail time for their roles in price-fixing...
Conxemar Fair Almost Completely Booked For In-Person Event
Most of the space is booked for the upcoming trade show of the Spanish Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Processors, and Exporters of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (Conxemar)....
Thai Union’s Bottom Line Grew By Nearly 80% In Q1 2021
Despite a drop in sales of canned tuna and other ambient items, Thai Union Group reported high earnings in the first quarter of this year (Q1 2021) compared to 2020 due to the growth in its...
PNA Opens New Headquarters In Majuro
This week, the PNA opened its new headquarters in the Marshall Islands, the country which has been the organization's home since it was established in 2010. The four-story facility was a...
Aldi North & South Join GTA Following Sustainability Pledge
Discount retailers Aldi North and Aldi South became the latest addition to the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) group earlier this week, pledging for sustainable sourcing of tuna. Their partnership...