Indian Ocean purse seiners have been catching small volumes of tuna, the value of which, despite a price increase, does not cover a seiner's operational costs. Boat owners are on the verge of...
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Ecuador Tuna Sector Faces Rough Start To 2026
For Ecuador, 2026 is shaping up to be tougher, with various challenges clouding the outlook, according to Guillermo Morán, Executive Director of the TUNACONS Foundation. The nation's tuna...
Comingling Issue Poses Challenge For US Fisheries In EU CATCH System
US fisheries are dissatisfied with the new mandatory digital EU CATCH system, to prevent IUU products from entering the European bloc. The EU imports low volumes of ambient tuna products and...
Thai Canned Tuna Exports Decline As US Buyers Scale Back Demand
A large drop in demand from key canned tuna import markets like the US, Libya, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reduced overall Thai canned tuna export volumes by 12 percent year on year in...
Readers: Consumers Must Brace For Canned Tuna Price Hike
The ongoing Middle East war continues to disrupt global tuna supply chains, intensifying concerns over a potential rise in retail prices for products such as canned tuna. Earlier this month,...
WWF Praises Ecuador’s Tuna Sector’s Sustainable Efforts
WWF recently blogged how Ecuador has worked to rebuild its tuna fisheries to make them sustainable, including TUNACONS’ MSC certification. The work has not just helped marine life but also...
Asian Canners Are Gaining Foothold In EU
The canners in Asia extended their trade with EU customers in 2025, despite strong competition from their Ecuadorian counterparts. Philippine packers and those in Thailand enlarged their...
Princes To Debut Two Premium MSC Yellowfin Cans
Princes Tuna is launching premium sustainable canned Yellowfin Tuna Steak products which will be available in Tesco outlets from May 4. The new MSC-certified product range, Princes Ocean...
EUMOFA Says EU Canned Tuna Demand Stable Amid Major Global Disruptions
From 2019 to 2024, Europe’s fisheries and aquaculture industry navigated through three major disruptions which upended their operations – the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and the Russian...
Planet Tracker’s Seafood Tool Flags Transparency Gaps In Tuna Companies
Financial think tank Planet Tracker has introduced a portfolio tool within its seafood database, enabling investors and lenders to assess, measure and rank sustainability risks tied to tuna...
Seafood Expo Global Wraps On Final Day In Barcelona
The Seafood Expo Global 2026 draws to a close today, capping a three-day gathering that has brought together 2,290 exhibiting companies and more than 35,500 seafood industry stakeholders since...
Consumer Trust In MSC Eco-Label Grows Alongside Heightened Scrutiny
Eco-labels such as MSC are gaining wider acceptance, with uptake higher now than a decade ago. However, an increasing number of seafood consumers want more traceability and to know the source...
US Finance Banks Purchase Shares In Chinese CNFC
Higher 2025 profits at China National Fisheries Corporation (CNFC) prompted US-based investment banks Morgan Stanley and Barclays to acquire shares in the company. The move was made after...
Bangkok Processors Skipjack WR Demand Drops
Processors in Thailand are facing higher raw material prices, and purse seine fleets in the WCPO are experiencing a bad fishing season and higher costs across their supply chains. Processors...
Thai Processors’ Pre-Cooked Loin Business In EU Grows Exponentially
The EU canner's purchase of pre-cooked loins from smaller suppliers rose in 2025, with non-bloc processors expanding trade and intra-bloc operators reducing volumes. Prices remained stable....
Toyosu Auctioned Bluefin Enters Guinness World Records
A Pacific bluefin sold at Toyosu Market on January 5 this year set a Guinness World Records as the priciest tuna ever auctioned. Kiyomura Co. Ltd., owner of the Sushi Zanmai brand, paid JPY...
“Perfect Storm” Hits Manta Trading Hub
The Ecuadorian tuna industry is currently caught in a “perfect storm” of events, according to a major tuna processor. Skipjack price in the Manta processing hub is climbing, following the...
Over Hundred Tuna Companies To Exhibit At Seafood Expo Global 2026
Seafood Expo Global 2026 opened in Barcelona today, kicking off a three-day gathering of the global seafood industry featuring conferences, exhibitions, and trade talks, with thousands of...
New Unrest In Middle East Worries Global Tuna Trade
US President Donald Trump indicated new tensions in the Middle East this week, yet again escalating worries in the global tuna industry, which has been reeling from surging fuel prices and...
Europe’s Appetite For Ecuadorian Tuna Surges
Ecuador’s canned tuna exports to the EU peaked again in 2025. All buyers raised business at a marginal price dip with Spain leading the bloc’s purchases. The South Americans have been...