Dutch sustainable tuna company Fish Tales has hooked Walmart to place its Sea Tales branded products on its shelves. The founders, Bart van Olphen and Jan van Dijk, are confident that the US...
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Hyperinflation Makes Tuna Unaffordable for Tunisian Heavy Users
Tuna has been part of Tunisian culture for a very long time, dating back to when the country was known as Carthage, founded by Phoenicians in the first millennium BC. The tuna-obsessed nation...
Chilean Police Recovers Part Of Stolen Tuna Cans
The Chile police arrested three people in connection with the theft of 7,740 Robinson Crusoe tuna cans, worth CLP 9 million (USD 11,191) from a container in San Antonio, US. The accused stole...
Philippines Inching Closer To Retaining GSP+ Tax Privilege For Tuna
The European Commission (EC) has proposed renewing Philippines’ tax privileges for canned tuna and thousands of other goods from the country to the EU under the Generalized Scheme of...
Italians Scale Back Yellowfin Loins’ Import In Q1
The purchase of frozen pre-cooked yellowfin loins dropped by one-fifth in the first three months of the year. Italian canners bought less from Asian countries. However, Indonesian traders, the...
UK Judge Rules Credit Suisse Must Face Trial Over Tuna Bonds Scandal
A UK High Court Judge has refused to let Swiss bank Credit Suisse off the hook in the Mozambique USD 2 billion “tuna bonds” scandal. On Monday, Judge Robin Knowles ruled that the case can...
EU Alerts: Netherlands And France Report Histamine In Tuna From Sri Lanka
The EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed reported four tuna-related incidents in the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Spain last month. Netherlands alerted the EU on June 12 about...
Tesco Slashes Tuna Prices As UK Shoppers Feel Heat From Inflation
British retailer Tesco has reduced the prices of 500 household items, including its private-label tuna cans, to help consumers beat the ongoing inflation. This comes shortly after supermarket...
Sajo Daerim Expands Its Canned Tuna Product Line
Korean tuna canner Sajo Daerim is gearing up to add more varieties to its portfolio in its home market. Sajo Daerim, selling its products under the ‘Daerim Seon’ brand, has launched four new...
Spanish Canners Dependent On Loins Accept Price Hike
The frozen pre-cooked tuna loins purchased by Spanish processors remained stable in the first three months of the year. Only eight percent less was imported despite a price increase of 22...
John West Launches Plant-Based Tuna Style Salad To Its Home Market
Thai Union-owned John West has introduced a plant-based tuna alternative in the UK, its home country. The 220 g net weight product is available in two varieties – Harissa and Indian,...
Tuna-Rich Gabon Bets On Developing Its Own Industry
Gabon, the best tuna-catching ground in Africa, is initiating efforts to become a major player in the global tuna market. Industrialization of its tuna sector would be the key, but it failed...
Plant-based Fish Startup Claims To Have Saved 400,000 Tuna And Other Fish
The Swedish brand Hooked is gearing up to expand its products from just the domestic market to the UK and other Nordic nations. It has already collected EUR 1.2 million via crowdfunding and...
El Niño Impact Can Be A Blow To Thai Processors
The El Niño phenomenon, leading to the surface water in the equatorial Pacific to becoming warmer than average, is likely to intensify in the second half of the year. The global tuna sector is...
China And Solomon Islands Affirm Bilateral Cooperation
China and the Solomon Islands want to continue their friendly consultation that has been fruitful in fisheries exchanges and cooperation. The Pacific island state signed a pact allowing the...
ANFACO’s World Tuna Conference Is Open For Registration
On September 14 and 15, over 400 tuna industry stakeholders will gather for the 11th ANFACO World Tuna Conference at the Afundación Headquarters in Vigo, Spain. Representatives from five...
Weak EU Canned Tuna Demand Makes Q1 Loins Trade Shrink
Imports of frozen pre-cooked tuna loins by EU canners showed a decline in the first three months of the year, following the downward trend of canned tuna imports. Low demand for canned tuna...
Seychelles Q1 Output Heavily Reduced in Shrinking EU Market
Lower canned tuna deliveries in Q1 to EU importers and retailers were a blow to most overseas processors. Ecuador remained the main supplier but is struggling to compete with the low prices at...
Readers Convinced US Canned Tuna Consumption Will Recover From 2021 Drop
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) recently published a report showing statistics on US seafood consumption in 2021. The demand for canned tuna dropped, making it only the third-most eaten...
FAO Fish Price Index Driven By High Tuna Prices
Tuna and salmon drove the rise in indices in the latest June Food Outlook by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Prices for seafood were high overall with the FAO Fish Price Index...