The results of atuna.com’s recent opinion poll are in, where we asked readers: “Do you expect continued growth of US imports of Euthynnus Chunk Light?” The majority of voters, at 84 percent,...
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Salmon Ahead Of Tuna & Cod In EU Fish Consumption
While 2014 EU canned tuna imports represented a five year high in the stats, a freshly published report outlines that tuna, over its entire product range, is the second most popular seafood...
5th Generation Tuna Canners Enter Australian Market
Celebrating its one hundredth birthday in 2013, Italian tuna company Callipo has now entered the Australian market, expanding its family business, which is now in its fifth generation, to...
TU Not Giving Up On Bumble Bee
Thai Union’s long wait on its planned Bumble Bee purchase could have left some buyers lacking enthusiasm by now. However, the world leading canned tuna producer states that it won’t give up on...
Anuga: How Innovation Is Stealing The Show
Across tuna companies and beyond, the word on many lips at this year’s Anuga trade fair is innovation, and food and drink producers alike, totaling more than 7,000 exhibitors, brought tons of...
Tuna Distributors Notably Absent At Sysco Awards
The results of Sysco’s annual seafood awards have been released recently, recognizing firms within the seafood sector which have “excelled in supplier service”; however not one tuna...
Ecuador Sees A Quarter EU Business Evaporate
A big shift in EU canned tuna imports appears to be taking place, especially with exports from Ecuador, while imports from Vietnam and Philippines have dramatically increased. According to...
ANUGA: Get Ready For Over 40 Tuna Exhibitors
The world’s largest food fair is set to kick off this weekend in Cologne, Germany and is expected to attract nearly 7,000 exhibitors and more than 154,000 trade visitors, from the retail, food...
TPP Could Create Major Shift In Tuna Exports To USA
A major trade deal to eliminate duties between 12 different countries around the world has this week been agreed after five years of negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is set to...
Top MSC Market Lacks Significant Certified Tuna Sales
A recent campaign in the Netherlands has seen over 90 percent of Dutch supermarkets promote both MSC and ASC certified fish during the “Think Fish” week, intending to help consumers understand...
“Tuna Pockets” Hit The Market
New Zealand-based company Sealord has recently launched prepackaged tuna mixed with healthy ingredients which the company is calling “Tuna Pockets”. The four flavors – Lemon, Sesame and...
Limited Tuna Industry Participation At Conxemar
The International Fair of Frozen Seafood, Conxemar 2015, organized by the Spanish Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Manufacturers and Exporters of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will hold its...
First Australian Tuna For Chinese Market
The first batch of southern bluefin tuna from Port Lincoln, Australia has arrived in China after a contract was signed earlier in the year by Australian fishing company Stehr Group. Close to...
The EU’s Cheapest Can Of Tuna, And It’s P+L
Pole and line caught canned tuna, a sustainably marketed product that has commonly been sold with a premium price tag, has now become a mainstream product in the UK and is being sold in this...
First BKK SKJ Price Drop In Months
With a situation where large buyers are holding out for even lower prices, the Bangkok skipjack price has taken a modest slide, the first decline in the market since early March. A price trend...
Ikea: The Unlikely Global Leader In Sustainable Seafood
Despite being famous for its Scandinavian-style flat pack furniture, Ikea, the world’s second largest homeware store, has announced that all fish sold in its stores will now be certified by...
Why Young Americans Aren’t Buying Canned Tuna
Young Americans, known as the millennial generation make up around 24 percent of the US population, and according to Jan Tharp, COO of Bumble Bee Foods, this is a segment of consumers who are...
Your Opinion: Should We Expect A Growth Of US “Tuna Like” Imports?
A trend which has been gaining exposure in recent weeks is the growth of US importers purchasing “tuna like” species such as Euthynnus Affinis and Auxis Thazard, before selling them under the...
Price-Fixing Lawsuits Reach New Milestone
Following the filing of two new complaints against the US Big 3 tuna brands, the number of price-fixing lawsuits now stacks up to a total of 25. The latest prosecutions claim just the same as...
Bumble Bee Has Its Sting In Solid White
With a more than 40 percent sales share under its belt, it’s the Bumble Bee (BB) brand that is taking the lead in the retail size US Solid White canned tuna market, leaving even its biggest...