Japanese imports of fresh and frozen tuna have reduced in the past year, according to latest data from Japanese Customs. An analyst on the country's food sector signals a changing...
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The Major Global Tuna News In January
2019 opens the year with a month of highs and lows within the tuna industry. Atuna takes you to some of the major highlights this month. USD 3 million for One Bluefin Paid The greatly...
Côte d’Ivoire-EU EPA Deal A Double-Edge Sword?
Even as Côte d’Ivoire continues to benefit from the duty-free imports of canned tuna to Europe, the country's National Commission fears that the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with...
Sainsbury’s Launches Meat-Free Section
The British supermarket will become one of the first retailers to trial a new meat-alternative section in its meat, fish and poultry aisle. The trial will include 20 stores nationwide...
Indonesia Seeks Duty-Free Fish Imports Into Japan
Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister has requested a removal of import tariffs for fishery products from the Japanese government. These products currently face a 7 percent duty to enter the Japanese...
Ex-finance Chief Involved In Tuna Bond Scandal Stripped Of Immunity
The Mozambican parliament withdrew immunity of former Finance Minister Manuel Chang who was detained in South Africa since December on a US-issued international arrest warrant. Chang was...
Plateau Reached In Spain For Canned Tuna Exporters?
After an explosive growth of canned tuna imports to Spain from 2016 to 2017, the Spanish market shows signs of having reached a plateau in its demand. Overall deliveries of canned tuna fell by...
SKJ1.8:BKK Prices Bottoming Out?
Prices concluded for skipjack unloaded in Bangkok have been sliding from USD 1,300 M/T to USD 1,250 M/T as January ends. After the slight and slow decline in the quotations...
Massive Dip In Whole Round Discharges, Price Drop And Pre-cooked Loins Blamed
The Spanish ports of Ribeira and A Pobra have reported massive drops of whole round frozen tuna being unloaded. The discharges fell by more than 12,000 tons last year, a stark...
Illegal Bluefin Smuggling Reaches National High Court
Legal proceedings for the illicit bluefin trafficking valued at EUR 25 million (USD 28.5 million) per year have been transferred from the local Valencian court to the...
Will Tuna Sales Benefit From High Salmon Prices?
Last week, Atuna reported that prices for salmon will continue to hike in 2019 despite a growth in supply. The price range is expected to be at NOK 55 (USD 6.41) per kg to NOK 65...
Atuna Poll: Lowest Price For SKJ1.8:BKK Projected To Be Over USD 1,100
Atuna reported on the slow trading in Bangkok prices as the year began, flatlining at the rate of USD 1,300 M/T since December 2018. In a separate poll, majority of Atuna voters...
StarKist Settles Walmart’s Tuna Price-Fixing Claims For USD 20M
Tuna giant StarKist Co. has paid off USD 20.5 million worth of settlements to Walmart in a bid to resolve all antitrust claims related to price fixing charges against the...
Laptop Switched For Same Weight Tuna Cans
After a two-day trial, a US jury this week convicted a man for causing uproar and firing shots in a Maryland shopping mall.The shopper had bought a laptop computer, but then returned...
Overwhelming Proof Surfaces For $850 M Tuna Fraud Probe
Over a million pages of transcripts of phone calls, emails, bank transfers and financial documents will be used as evidence in the USD 850 million tuna bond scandal, according to Federal...
Seafood Summit Highlights Female Leaders
Over 100 top female leaders in the seafood sector attended the third annual Women in Seafood Leadership Summit by Intrafish to discuss how empowerment of women in the industry....
SKJ1.8:SEY Prices Weaken Due To High Stock Levels
Prices for frozen skipjack in the Indian Ocean hub of Seychelles have declined 17.39 percent from EUR 1,150 (USD 1,304) in 2018 to EUR 950 (USD 1,077) today. However, the...
Seychelles Welcomes Delegation From Thai Union
The President of Seychelles, has hosted a reception for Dr. Sven Massen, Director of Europe Operations in Thai Union.President Danny Faure welcomed the delegation at the State...
Good News For Tuna? Salmon Prices Expected To Hike In 2019
High salmon prices are expected to remain in 2019 as global farmed salmon production increased by 5 percent in 2018. “We expect the price range for 2019 to be NOK 55 (USD 6.41) per kg to NOK...
Yellow Card Removal Boosts Investor Trust, TU Share Prices Up
After ending the year on a low note at THB 15.90 (USD 0.50), tuna giant Thai Union is slowly inching back up with their latest share price at THB 18.30, showing a 13 percent increase in...