Recently, Zhejiang Ocean Family (ZOF) was put under the spotlight because some of its tuna longliners were accused by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) of IUU fishing, labor abuse,...
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Dongwon To Expand Business With Aggressive Mergers
As of last week, Dongwon Group has a new Chairman, Kim Nam-jung. He took up the position that had been vacant since 2019 when his father and the company's founder Kim Jae-chul stepped down....
EU Canned Tuna Exports To Global Destinations Fell In 2023
EU canned tuna exports to global markets declined in 2023, especially the volumes sent to EU markets dropped by a large tonnage. EU processors delivered 269,154 tons of this product last year,...
Andrew Choe Bumble Bee’s New CEO
Bumble Bee Seafoods announced Tuesday that Andrew Choe has been appointed CEO of the company effective April 1. He takes over the role from Bumble Bee Chair of the Board, Jerry Chou, who...
Dongwon Innovates Business With Own AI GPT Platform
Dongwon Group announced today that it has embraced the AI chatbot technology and introduced its own ‘Dongwon GPT’ platform, to greatly improve the work productivity of its executives and...
EU Canners’ Demand For Skipjack & Yellowfin WR Dropped Massively In 2023
EU canneries massively reduced their buying of frozen whole-round tuna in 2023. Spanish canners especially cut back on their skipjack, while there was an overall drop in imports of...
Argentinians Queue At Border To Stockpile Cheap Chilean Tuna
Thousands of Argentinians crossed the border to Chile last weekend to buy tuna cans and other products at cheaper rates. Some waited more than 10 hours. Canned tuna is extremely expensive in...
CNFC’s Sluggish 2023 Tuna Sales Led To Net Loss
CNFC Overseas Fisheries revealed in its 2023 annual report earlier this week that it experienced a net loss due to poor tuna catches and sales as well as higher operating expenses. The...
Ocean Rebellion Demands Tesco & John West Stop Selling DFAD Tuna
Environmental action group, Ocean Rebellion, staged a protest over tuna caught on drifting FADs (dFADs) on Tuesday in front of a Tesco hypermarket in London. A giant John West tuna can...
Poll: Will EU Canned Tuna Sales Pick Up In 2024?
The EU canned tuna market suffered last year and data confirms this. There was a large reduction in consumer demand for canned tuna and people switched to cheaper private labels such as seen...
EU Processors’ Demand For Whole Rounds Plunged In 2023
EU processors heavily reduced their raw material imports in 2023, especially cutting back on purchasing frozen whole rounds from foreign-flagged fleets. European canneries' raw material demand...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Modest Fall As Bottleneck End In Sight
Raw material supply to Bangkok is still quite high but skipjack whole rounds value has not plunged further. There is speculation that the downward pressure from continuing high supply will...
Readers In Two Minds About 2D Barcodes
Canned and pouched tuna products have been carrying the conventional 1D barcodes for years, but lately some brands have been testing waters with the updated 2D barcodes such as QR...
Pew Tells Seafood Buyers To Stop Being Bystanders In Tuna Management
The Pew Charitable Trusts says end market seafood buyers can do more when it comes to tuna sustainability and they need to directly engage with decision makers in RFMOs. On Tuesday, Katy...
French Buyers Expanded Imports Of Foreign-Produced Canned Tuna In 2023
Of the major tuna importing EU nations, France purchased the most volume last year although it was an overall six percent drop from 2022. French retailers and traders continued to buy large...
Ecuadorian Police Seize 3 Tons Of Cocaine In Canned Tuna Shipments
The Ecuadorian police recently confiscated three tons of cocaine from canned tuna and grain salt containers that were headed to Gambia. ‘Operation Gran Fenix’ was carried out last week after...
Camanchaca & Frime Partner To Market Premium Yellowfin In US
Chilean seafood group Camanchaca is collaborating with Spanish tuna producer Frime to market a whole new line of yellowfin products under the Pier 33 Gourmet brand in different formats in the...
EU-Philippines Begin Trade Negotiations After Seven-Year Hiatus
The EU and Philippines recently announced that they will resume talks for the long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA). The addition of more tuna items in the deal will be included in the...
MSC Report Reveals Tuna Is Aussie’s Favorite Seafood
The MSC and ASC recently published a joint report on Australians' seafood preferences as part of their ongoing Sustainable Seafood Week held annually since 2018. Out of about 1,200...
Rio Mare Makes Debut In French Market With A Bang
Rio Mare has stepped into the French market with tuna products in olive oil in cans and jars. The two cans consist of solid premium yellowfin in extra virgin olive oil and olive oil. The jars...