In the trial currently taking place on the grounds of a Mozambican prison, the prosecution has demanded that the 19 accused of blackmail, forgery, embezzlement, and money laundering pay the...
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US Canned Tuna Imports Depressed Or Returning To Normal Volumes?
Canned tuna deliveries to American buyers during the first half of this year went back to almost the same value and volume as in the pre-pandemic year. But this means that around a quarter...
Tuna Bond Corruption Scandal Trial Starts On Prison Ground
The trial against 19 people accused of blackmail, forgery, embezzlement, and laundering millions of dollars related to the tuna bond corruption case that shocked Mozambique, started yesterday....
Whole Round Shipments From Micronesia & Nauru Increasing In Bangkok
Whole round tuna suppliers to Bangkok increased their deliveries across the board. Among the largest origins, only one saw its sales in the port go down during the first half of the year....
Thai Packers Bought Record Levels Of Skipjack During H1
Processors in Thailand have been replenishing their frozen whole round skipjack inventories after last year's spike in production made them fully utilize their cold store...
Manta Skipjack Shoots Up At Start Of First EPO Veda
Buyers at the Manta port have been closing their tuna deals at prices much higher than in the past months. The situation has been exacerbated by the start of the first EPO veda combined with...
Thai Union’s Share Price Skyrocketing In 2021
Buyers that had confidence in Thai Union’s (TU’s) performance and stepped in at the beginning of 2021 saw their loyalty rewarded. The company’s shares have skyrocketed by 60 percent...
Trial Against Credit Suisse Over Tuna Bonds Gets Date In London Court
A lawsuit filed against Swiss bank Credit Suisse will be heard in the London High Court in September 2023. The financial body is being sued by creditors over the USD 2 billion in...
Bangkok Prices Soaring While COVID-19 Crisis Hits Thailand
The skipjack price at the Bangkok port has further grown despite setbacks in Thai canned tuna production capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Processors are working at a lower than usual...
‘Cute’ Real Tuna Sausage A Hit Among Chinese Children
The Chinese brand Yucuti is focusing on the children’s food market with its new 'Cute' tuna sausage. In the first month after its debut, it achieved sales of over CNY 1 million (USD 154,328)....
Global Tuna Demand Seriously Depressed In H1
The global demand for canned tuna during the first half of 2021 (H1) has been much softer than in the previous year when retailers filled their inventories as a result of the COVID-19...
Thai Union Realizes H1 Growth In A Slow Market
Thai Union Group (TU) has published its 2021 half-year results reporting a sales increase of 4.4 percent. This is a remarkable performance considering that canned tuna makes up around 40...
Canadians Being Served Cheap Fish As Expensive Albacore
The problem of misrepresenting tuna and other seafood in restaurants and grocery stores across Canada persists. This is what Oceana Canada’s latest fraud investigation revealed. All albacore...
Disappointing StarKist Sales Depress Dongwon Industries’ Q2 Results
The 2021 second-quarter (Q2) results of Dongwon Industries were unexpectedly disappointing. Temporary factors in the fishing business and a delay in the estimated improvements of StarKist were...
Readers Disagree With Good Catch’s Campaign Against Subway
None of Atuna’s readers approved of Good Catch’s campaign against Subway. The initiative consisted of handing out their tuna-free products from vans outside Subway locations in London, New...
StarKist Applies Tuna Successes To Other Products
The success of tuna in pouches inspired StarKist to also launch ready-to-eat chicken chunks in pouches. The brand announced a new item which is again inspired by tuna. This time it is pouched...
Dongwon Expands Its Healthy Fast Food Chain
Today, Dongwon Group has opened its fifth CrispyFresh salad café at a spot that is easily accessible and where a lot of people pass by - a subway station in Seoul. The food shop only serves...
World’s Second Largest Tuna Industry Going For The Extra Mile
Ecuador’s tuna industry is researching its chances to expand in the global tuna market and enlarge its competitiveness. Last week in Manta, the Prefecture of Manabí and Global Trade Consulting...
Dongwon Innovates Further With Tuna Protein Bar
Korean tuna brand Dongwon has been a market leader for four decades and in order to keep current consumers happy and especially attract younger people, it has been stepping up its game by...
Maldives Wants UK To Grant 0% Duty For Its Tuna Products
Maldives hopes to export its tuna products duty-free to the UK as negotiations are ongoing between the two countries. On Tuesday, the country’s Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and...