The organizer of the previously postponed Seafood Expo Global, Diversified Communications, is considering holding the event on June 23 - 25. The trade show was originally scheduled to take...
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Mexico Wants To Axe High Levels Of Soy In Tuna
Last year, research revealed that some Mexican canned tuna brands contained excessive levels of soy-based proteins but despite this, the current standards allow these products to be sold as...
Canned Tuna Sales Surging In The US
American consumers preparing to endure the worsening of the coronavirus pandemic are willing to line up at different retailers in order to get essentials items. Hence, the demand for products...
EU & UK Trade Deal Must Ensure Level Playing Field
As the post-Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK are set to continue soon, the Spanish seafood processing sector is expecting that canned tuna and other EU seafood items will have...
Spanish Processors Raise Pre-Cooked Loins Demand
European processing nations demanded more frozen pre-cooked loins throughout 2019 and managed to pay a lower price than in previous years. From 2017 to 2019, the inflow of frozen pre-cooked...
Global Factors Tempering Seychelles Skipjack Price
Good tuna fishing around the Seychelles for skipjack and yellowfin is being reported and business is still continuing as usual. EU seiners are still able to unload their cargo in Port Victoria...
Customers Swirl Tuna In Mouths Says The Onion
In the art of wine tasting, it is essential that a person remembers the five Ss – See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, and Savor. Well, that is what customers can expect to do while savoring tuna at the...
EU Commission: We Must Keep Goods Moving
With the number of coronavirus cases surging in Europe, different countries have started closing their borders and also putting into place major restrictions to curb the outbreak. Germany is...
Demand For Fresh Tuna Collapsing Worldwide
Worldwide, restaurants and hotels are closed due to government measures against the coronavirus outbreak. This will especially affect the selling of fresh high-quality bluefin and yellowfin as...
China Aggressively Surging In EU Loins Market
Tuna processors in the EU increased their purchase of frozen pre-cooked loins from global exporters in 2019 compared to the previous year. The volume climbed by six percent to reach 157,947...
Tuna Shares Punished Hard In Global Stock Sell-off
Worldwide stock exchange markets have hit a five-year low due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The coronavirus pandemic is still sweeping across the globe and more and more governments are taking...
EU And UK Postpone Brexit Talks
The European Commission announced yesterday that the next round of Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, which were to be held in London next week, will be postponed due to COVID-19...
The 10 Supplying Nations That Saw Their EU Sales Shrink
The expansion of Ecuador's exports to the EU has been at the expense of multiple origins - some major supplying nations but also some smaller volume exporters lost business. In 2019, 640,429...
Good Catches & Full Cold Storage Steer Manta’s Price
Driven by good catches, the skipjack price in the Manta port peaked a couple of weeks ago. Boat owners supplied as much tuna as they could, taking advantage of available storage space...
The Show Must Go On, But When?
Trade expositions organizer Diversified Communications surveyed exhibitors and attendees about possible new dates for its North American seafood show, in Boston. The three-day event was...
Strong Buying By Spain Balances Falling German Imports
Although the European Union’s demand for canned tuna in 2019 remained steady in comparison to 2018, strong shifts have been taking place in regard to the destination of these incoming...
BREAKING NEWS: Brussels’ Seafood Expo Also Held Off Due To Coronavirus
The Seafood Expo Global scheduled to take place next April in Brussels has joined the group of postponed trade events due to the coronavirus outbreak. The organizer of the show,...
Atuna Poll: Collapsed Oil Price To Affect Whole Round Tuna Prices?
The latest casualty of the coronavirus outbreak is the diminishing demand for crude oil mostly due to the low demand in China. The Asian country's economy was the most affected by the COVID-19...
Crude Oil Crashing, Seiner Operational Costs Improve
The coronavirus epidemic has been hard on economies and activity across industries has been reduced across the globe. The latest casualty is crude oil, which has sent global shares...
Ecuador Expands Massively In Stable EU Tuna Market
In 2019, the inflow of canned tuna to the European Union remained at a steady level, very close to that of the previous year. The economic bloc is the world's largest end market for the...