In the capital of Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, the gastronomic event “The Largest Tuna ‘Encebollado’ In The World” took place in the last week of June. A pot four meters long...
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Ghana Imports Of Canned Tuna To UK Dive
UK consumers still prefer canned tuna even though the imports of the product in 2018 had a miniscule four percent fall from the previous year – from 110,259 M/T to 106,266 M/T. The...
World’s Largest Tuna TV Commercials Collection On Atuna
At Atuna, we aim to keep you up to date with every aspect of the tuna industry. Hence, we also want our readers to be aware of how brands market, promote, and use...
Malaysia’s Labuan Boosting Domestic Tuna Market With MoU
The MP of the Malaysian territory of Labuan, Datuk Rozman Isli, attended the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Zumbayu Enterprise (Dr. Tuna), Bakti Property (Latuna)...
US NGO Developing ‘Natural Currency Standard’ For Pacific Islands
In collaboration with island countries in the Pacific, Conservation International (CI) is working to develop a ‘Natural Currency Standard’ for the region. This is an...
Lischewski’s Co-Conspirators Will Testify During Trial
A federal judge has decided to allow co-conspirators in the canned tuna price-fixing case to testify against former CEO of Bumble Bee Foods, Chris Lischewski....
EU-Mercosur Agreement Positive For Brazilian Tuna Trade
After 20 years in the making, the EU and several South American countries, which are members of Mercosur, have reached an agreement on trade. The partnership, among other...
Leading Danish Tuna Brand Glyngøre Sold
Orkla Foods have sold the Glyngøre tuna brand to Amanda Seafoods A/S. The move was done in an attempt for Orkla to reduce portfolio complexity and concentrate on...
EU-Vietnam Trade Deal Sets 7-Year Tariff Reduction For Canned Tuna
Canned tuna prices from Vietnam will not be free of duty within the EU immediately as some importers and VN processors might have hoped. On June 30, the EU and Vietnam signed a Free Trade...
Spanish Canners Expand Share Of Italian Tuna Market
Canned tuna is one of the top five favored food products by Italian consumers. This is clearly shown in the number of imports of this item into the European country -- the...
Princes Clearly Distinguishes Responsibly Sourced And Sustainably Caught
Earlier this month, Princes Food Netherlands issued a press release announcing that by the end of 2018, 94 percent of their entire tuna volume was responsibly...
BKK Skipjack Hits Sensitive Psychological Price Point
The latest indication is that whole round skipjack SKJ1.8:BKK price has stopped its decline at USD 1000 CFR Bangkok per M/T reference point. This is the lowest it has reached this...
Despite Weak 2018, CEO Alliance Select Upbeat On 2019
Alliance Select Foods’ shareholders in the Philippines re-elected the sitting board of directors for 2019 showing their faith in the management to deliver higher earnings. Since...
Trump’s China Tariffs Hit Imports For Tuna-Like Species Hard
US imports for tuna-like species took a dive in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2018 – it fell from 4,317 M/T to 2,653 M/T. This 39 percent...
Signals Of Stagnation In Spanish Canned Tuna Consumer Market
This week, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food released its annual Report of Food Consumption in Spain. The report showed that in 2018, the domestic consumption of retail...
French Market Continues To Show Healthy Growth
France’s imports market for canned tuna grew a modest four percent from 2017 to 2018 – 100,405 M/T to 103,949 M/T. Over the three years – from 2016 to 2018 – consignments for this product...
PNG Tuna Exports To The EU Steadily Growing
Last year, Papua New Guinea's (PNG) exports of canned and tuna loins to the EU amounted to K1,6 billion (USD 473 million). PNG Fishing Industry Association’s...
Asian Tuna Ports Score High On IUU Risk Index
A study assessing the risk from illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) caught fish moving through the world’s most important fishing ports as well as the drivers of this...
China’s Watchdog Digs Into Jiajia Food Massive Tuna Investments
Recently the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) sent a notice of investigation to publicly traded Jiajia Foods Group Co., Ltd. and its...
Asdomar Communicates Its Value Via TV Campaigning
The Italian tuna brand Asdomar started a four-week TV campaign on 23 June. The campaign will focus on the brand’s core values, pillars, quality and respect, which are...