Around 13 percent of Thai Union's tuna was sourced from MSC fisheries or Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) as of 2016, according to its newly released annual Sustainability Report. While the...
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Price Fixing Case Snowballs: Who Might Be Next?
Marking a new turn in the long running US tuna price fixing case, the charge now faced by former StarKist executive, Stephen Hodge, states that the “various business organizations and...
Ex- StarKist Sales Exec Faces Conspiracy Charges
A former StarKist executive is facing a charge of conspiring with officials from other seafood companies, "to fix, raise and maintain the prices of canned seafood from 2011 to 2013”, according...
THAIFEX Sparks Strong Trading & Higher SKJ Prices
With major tuna buyers gathered this week at Asia’s most influential food trade show, THAIFEX, skipjack trading activity is strong. Although volumes are limited, deals have been concluded at...
Guinness World Record For $1.8 Mil Bluefin
The first bluefin sold at Tsukiji market in 2013 has been entered into the Guinness World Records as the "most expensive tuna fish sold at an auction". Purchased by Kiyomura Corporation, for...
TU’s Value Added Focus Channeled Through Mareblu
Having communicated an eagerness to expand its value added tuna references, Thai Union is delivering on this venture through its Italian Mareblu brand, launching two new tuna-centered product...
US Single Duty Quota Shrinking
Each year the volume of canned tuna US importers can purchase under a slashed duty rate shrinks, a consequence of the overall decline in demand for this product on the American market, with...
Calvo Now Brings Low Fat Tuna To Italian Shelves
Spanish tuna firm Calvo is bringing a new lighter tuna product to Italian supermarket shelves, marketed through its traditional Nostromo brand in the country. This follows on from the firm’s...
US Sushi Restaurants Fined For Tuna Mislabeling
Two restaurants in Washington, US, have been found to have mislabeled sushi, including escolar sold as albacore or "white tuna". Both have agreed to pay a fine and to "discontinue deceptive...
Steel VS Plastic: What Better Preserves Tuna?
The material used to package tuna is not something that varies extensively, with metal cans being the dominant substance used for tuna tins all over the world. In the Spanish market, however,...
Eastern Europe Headed For Tuna Consumption Boom?
Although a slight drop was seen in canned tuna imports in Eastern Europe last year, its main market, Poland, is growing and one industry expert believes that other countries in the region will...
Govt. Help Vital To Revive Tuna Industry
Venezuelan tuna companies are working at just 22 percent of their operational capacity, according to their workers union, which has called on the government to do more to kick-start a...
Thai Canners Keep Up Strong Tuna Pet Food Sales
The non-human consumer is getting a growing taste for tuna packed by Thai canners, as processors in the Asian nation have seen another boost in their pet food exports in the first quarter of...
US Not Backing Down In WTO Dispute
The US is showing no signs of backing down in the WTO dolphin-safe labelling dispute, with its delegation questioning the judgment of the arbitrator that permitted Mexico to instate annual...
Sapmer Prized For Sashimi Skipjack Product
French tuna fishing and processing firm, Sapmer, took gold for its skipjack sashimi fillets at an innovation competition at the SIAL food trade show in Shanghai, China last week. The company,...
Skipjack Prices Keep Rising Amid Poor Catches
With catch rates still reportedly poor in the WCPO, the skipjack supply moving to Bangkok on carrier vessels remains minimal, and coupled with high demand from Thai canners, this is putting...
No Plans To Sell Bumble Bee After Price Fixing Fine
A Bumble Bee attorney has stated that there are no plans to sell the company, which has been sanctioned a criminal fine of USD 25 million after pleading guilty for the role it played in canned...
Policing Injected Tuna: No Job For Member States
The current circumstance of the European Union regulating the practice of tuna coloring should prevail, according to the Atuna readers that responded to the latest poll. By a majority of...
Bangkok Supply Falls From All Major Fleets
Major fleets are reporting extremely slow catch rates in the WCPO, and as a result the supply pipeline of whole round tuna to Bangkok has been relatively empty over the last two months, and...
Downsizing Cans Also Result Of Collusion?
With the deadline now up to file civil class action lawsuits in the US Big 3 conspiracy case, recent amended complaints, as well as new ones, have been alleging more on more that collusion...