“I’m surprised they didn’t kill Andreina [Fenech Farrugia] after she clamped down on some operators in recent years,” an unnamed source industry told Times of Malta in an...
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Spanish Salt-cured “Tuna Ham” Becomes A 2018 Hit
A tuna niche business focused on Mojama Spanish Style Tuna Loins is becoming more popular as the Regulatory Council for the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Isla...
Aceh Tuna Exporters Halt Exports To Japan
Exporters of tuna in Aceh, Indonesia have stopped delivering tuna to Japan due to an almost three-fold increase in air cargo tariffs in the past month....
Bumble Bee Settles US Foods’ Price Fixing Claims
Bumble Bee has reached a settlement with the American distributor US Foods to end claims related to the nation-wide conspiracy to keep prices of canned tuna artificially high. US...
Taiwanese University And IOTC Cooperate On Fox Shark Tracking
A training course for deep-sea fox satellite identification for Taiwanese students was conducted by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at the Kaohsiung University of Science and...
Tuna On Spotlight At 2019 Oscars
Tuna was one of the stars amongst the celebrities in the world of entertainment at the Oscar’s top after-parties and events Sunday evening.Tuna poke, tuna tartare wrapped in cucumber...
Phillips To Launch Indonesian Pasteurized Tuna
Phillips Foods unveils its newest products, pasteurized tuna and tuna burger, ahead of the Seafood Expo North America, in Boston, Massachusetts on March 17-19. The pasteurized yellowfin tuna...
Aussie Canned Tuna Market Shows Slight Dip In Q3 2018
Overall import of canned tuna in Australia has decreased by 4 percent, accounting for almost 1,384 M/T or 83 20-foot containers, during 2018's third quarter, based on Comtrade Data...
Trade Deals Between Philippines-UK Will Stand After Brexit
Talks about delaying Brexit by at least two months are now ongoing between British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to updates today, British MPs will...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Jumps After 2 Months Of Lull
After a passive trading period during the first six weeks of this year, and after the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, tuna price negotiations have now resumed. Recent prices for...
Balfegó Defends Image Of Its Tuna Business
One of Spain's largest bluefin fattening and distribution companies has requested the public not to let recent reports about a multi-million dollar fraud with illegally...
Good Catch Wants To Break In With Plant-based “Tuna” Alternative
US-based vegan food company Good Catch has created a plant-based product that resembles albacore tuna. The company says it looks and tastes just like the real thing without using any tuna meat...
Malta’s MP Accused Of Withholding Illegal Bluefin Trade Info
Malta’s Nationalist Party spokesperson Jason Azzopardi was accused of suppressing crucial findings of the 2010 internal audit of the fisheries department. According to Parliamentary Secretary...
Chicken Of The Sea Introduces New Easy-Peel Tuna Cups
Convenience is the name of the game for Thai Union’s Chicken of the Sea as it launches its new Infusions tuna cups nationwide in the United States. It is geared towards busy millennials...
Tuna Tourists Ignoring New Toyosu Auction
The new Toyosu wholesale market has been struggling to attract visitors to watch tuna auctions, although a designated area was opened about a month ago. The...
Minister Accuses EU Of Lack Of Transparency On Tuna Fleet
“We can tolerate this from any other bloc, but never from the EU, which is a community built upon rules of good governance.” The Fisheries Minister of Mozambique has accused the European...
Thai Union’s Slight 2018 Sales Drop Due To Baht Appreciation
Thai Union Group has reported a 1.2 percent year-on-year decline amounting to THB 133.28 billion (USD 4.27 billion) in consolidated FY2018 sales. While the company set out...
Walmart’s Jet Delivers Same-Day Fresh Yellowfin Steaks
For customers in New York, US, fresh tuna can now be delivered to their homes, as Walmart subsidiary Jet launches same-day delivery of fresh seafood via a partnership with...
Petfood Business Key To Jealsa’s Growth
Yearend figures for the Spain-based cannery Jealsa closed 2018 with a slightly higher turnover compared to 2017. Jealsa’s President Jesus Manuel Alonso Escuris did not...
Vietnam Targets To Export USD 3.5 Billion Of Mainly Tuna
Vietnam has expressed ambitious plans for its tuna and seafood exports. The country's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that the export plan of the fisheries...