In the UK, a new milestone was reached as MSC-certified tuna sales overtook those of cod, becoming the most sold species with a blue tick last year. The volume of MSC tuna purchased in this...
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Setback For Trump: US Trade Court Strikes Down February Tariffs
Donald Trump suffered a major setback on Thursday after the US Court of International Trade ruled that the 10 percent tariff, imposed in February on imported tuna and a broad range of other...
Anova Food Appoints New Retail Sales Director
Jessie Graef has been appointed as the new Director of Retail Sales of Anova Food, the leading North American supplier of sashimi-grade ready-to-eat tuna products. The company is a subsidiary...
Thai Canners See Massive Reduction In Pacific Skipjack WR
Thai processors purchased lower volumes of skipjack between January and March 2026 compared to the same period last year. They had to switch sourcing tuna because major fleets in the WCPO...
Genova Debuts Ready-To-Eat Mediterranean Tuna Bowls
Genova Premium Tuna has launched two new high-protein ‘Mediterranean Tuna Bowls’ in the US, amid rising consumer interest in Mediterranean diets. Thai Union, through its US subsidiary...
Mohamed Anas Appointed To Lead State-Owned Mifco
Maldivian state-run Mifco has named Mohamed Anas as its CEO and Managing Director, succeeding Farhath Shaheer, who stepped down in April after more than a year in the role. Before taking the...
Global Appetite For MSC Tuna Surge Led By Germany & US
Global sales of MSC tuna continued to grow from April 2025 to March 2026, led by strong demand for skipjack. Germany remained the largest market for sustainably sourced tuna followed by the...
Softening Skipjack Price In Bangkok, El Niño Grip On WCPO Supply
The price of frozen whole round skipjack in the Bangkok hub is softening amid reluctance by canneries to buy raw materials at high rates. The supply from WCPO fisheries remains poor. Atuna has...
Maldives, Sri Lanka Tighten Trade Relations With New Tuna Deal
Maldivian state-run Mifco will soon begin exporting its premium canned tuna, Fasmeeru Felivaru, to Sri Lanka through Colombo-based Development Interplan Ceylon Ltd. (DICL). The deal was signed...
Albacore Stands Out Amid Thai WR Purchases Decline
Thai processors reduced the purchases of all frozen whole round tuna species, except albacore, between January and March this year. In the first quarter of 2025, Thailand imported 193,367 M/T...
Thai Union’s Branded Canned Tuna & Pet Food Boost Sales
Thai Union Group announced a strong performance in the first quarter of 2026. The ambient segment, comprising canned and pouched tuna, experienced a slight increase in sales and generated half...
Calvo Launches Limited Summer Edition Tuna Cans
The Calvo brand has launched three new Limited Summer Edition products for the Spanish market, two are tuna-based offerings, ahead of the country's peak summer sales period. The two tuna...
Brussels Throws Lifeline To Beleaguered EU Tuna Sector
The European Commission activated the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) on April 16, allowing member states to compensate tuna and other seafood fishers, processors,...
Australian Tuna Market Crosses 70 Percent MSC Threshold
Australian tuna brands and retailers hit a new milestone this year, with 70 percent of canned tuna available in the country now sourced and labeled from MSC-certified sustainable fisheries. On...
Colombia Must Address Infrastructure & Sustainability Gaps
Colombia’s tuna industry stands at a crossroads, balancing the demands for sustainability, infrastructure, and global competition. With the requirement for more tuna across the world, the...
COS To Become “First Mainstream US Brand” To Sell 100% MSC-Tuna
Chicken of the Sea announced on World Tuna Day that its retail tuna products, cans and pouches, will contain 100 percent MSC certified tuna by the end of this year. It stated that going 100...
MSC Yearbook 2026: Tuna Sales Break Records
The global market for MSC-labeled tuna has grown strongly in the last 10 years, with a 33 percent growth YoY. It reached its highest level in a decade in the period from April 2025 to March...
INFOFISH Opens Registration For World Tuna Conference
Registration is now open for the biennial 19th INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference and Exhibition, set for September 14 to 16, 2026, in Bangkok. More than 500 participants from across the...
Zunibal Diversifies: Blue Earth Capital Joins Investors
Spanish Zunibal is broadening its role in marine technology and ocean intelligence, with Blue Earth Capital joining Nazca Capital to support this next phase of development. Zunibal's focus...
World Tuna Day Celebrations Begin
World Tuna Day will be celebrated tomorrow on May 2, and 2026 marks the 10th year since the UN declared this day for the most consumed wild-caught fish in the world. Tuna is not just a source...