US canned tuna label Bumble Bee and Fiji’s national cannery, Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO), have had a close working relationship for over 20 years. The company announced that they recently...
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WCPO Seiners Fishing More Days, But Finding Less
During the month of September, the skipjack price in Bangkok initially followed the same trend of recent years and declined alongside the tuna catches in the WCPO. However, recent information...
Other EU Loin Suppliers Pushed Out By China In H1
The demand for foreign pre-cooked tuna loins has been steadily growing among EU processors. While the majority of origin countries reduced their year-on-year deliveries, the strength and...
Mozambique Seeking Extradition Of 3 Ex-Bankers In Tuna Scam
Mozambique’s Attorney-General's Office (PGR) has been given authorization by the Supreme Court to seek the extradition of three former Credit Suisse bankers to Maputo, reported All Africa....
EU Processors Expand, Powered By Record Loins Intake In H1 2020
In the last couple of months strong opinions have been voiced about the volume of pre-cooked loin imports in the EU, in particular those under the duty-free Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ). The...
H1 Imports: Spanish Canners Still Hooked On Cheap Chinese Loins
Tuna pre-cooked loins buyers in Spain have been steadily increasing their intake and this past half-year they purchased record-level volumes. One Asian origin, marked as controversial by...
High Court Rejects Calvo’s Appeal For €6.5 Million Penalty
The Spanish tuna corporation, Grupo Calvo, was trying to discard a Supreme Court’s decision against it in a dispute involving default interests on VAT tuna imports from El Salvador during...
John West UK Does Not Source IO Yellowfin
The John West brand has told Atuna that it does not source yellowfin from the Indian Ocean (IO) for its products. Yesterday, another major UK brand, Princes, declared that it will reduce its...
Chinese Fishing Companies’ Investors Losing Money In Stock Market
In August, Chinese tuna vessel operator CNFC Overseas Fisheries reached its highest stock value since early 2018. However, the elevated level did not last long and had already started to...
Thai Packers Reconquer Swedish Business From Princes Mauritius
While neighboring Northern countries passively cut down their imports, Sweden displayed a significantly higher level of trading activity on canned tuna in the first half of 2020 (H1) compared...
Bumble Bee Innovates Tuna Recipes With Foodbeast
Bumble Bee Seafoods is on a roll to win more consumers by giving Americans their favorite thing – innovative and delicious food. It has teamed up with leading US food news and media website,...
Sri Lanka’s Retail Chain Uses AI App To Assess Quality Of Tuna
A quality assessment app developed by an Australian start-up has received financing to be tested to grade fresh tuna for consumption for a Sri Lankan’s supermarket chain. The company claims...
Vietnam Tuna Exports Increasing To The EU After Deal
Two months after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) came into force, Vietnam’s fishery exports and especially tuna shipments to European markets have increased. According to the...
Finnish Market Reopening Its Doors To Thailand
The volume of canned tuna entering the Finnish market drastically dropped in the first six months of this year. In 2019, buyers' strong demand for products from an African supplier did not...
Trump’s Look-alike Found On Tuna Steak
British mom, Amanda Brewster, took her lunch out of the freezer and saw the face of Donald Trump on the tuna steak. She was stunned as the resemblance was uncanny; from the small eyes and nose...
Loma Linda TUNO Experienced Massive Growth
Plant-based alternative, TUNO under the Loma Linda brand, has been enjoying good business this year despite the global pandemic. Loma Linda is owned by US-based Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF)....
Italy Recalls Product Processed At FCF & Silla’s Cannery In Ghana
The Italian Ministry of Health has issued a recall for catering size canned tuna from the Porticello brand. The alert was raised after there were concerns over possible microbiological...
Is Seafood Anything That Is “Inspired” By The Ocean?
With the global population growing rapidly, the million-dollar question was how can people be fed, especially from the biggest source in the world – the ocean? However, this dilemma has...
EU Canners Can’t Survive Without ATQ Loins
The European tuna processing sector is arguing that to satisfy the EU canneries' demand, it is imperative to keep and increase the volume of the Autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) for tuna loins....
Credit Scheme To Regulate Maldives Tuna Price
The Maldivian government revealed on Wednesday that it will be extending the Income Support Allowance (ISA) until the end of this year. This program provides a temporary allowance of up to MVR...