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...
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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...
European Tuna Conference 2019 To Be Opened By DG MARE
The Director General of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission, Mr. João Aguiar Machado, will be the key-note speaker at this year’s European Tuna Conference (ETC)...
US Custom Clearances Critical Amidst US Shutdown
Proper coding of commodities including tuna and errors in import and export paperwork will become frequent and larger if the current shutdown continues, according to US custom...
Future Of Tuna Is Not In Cans: Bumble Bee CEO
Bumble Bee interim CEO Jan Tharp projects expansion of tuna pouches in the future and predicts the continued decline of canned tuna sales. “You are going to see canned (tuna) decline. You’re...
30,000 M/T Duty-free Loins Quota Exhausted Within 3 Days
The European Union's 2019 Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for frozen pre-cooked tuna loins, set at 30,000 M/T has long been exhausted since Jan. 3, 2019, the second working day of...
EU-Vietnam Free Trade Likely To Be Inked By Parliament
After all the negotiations and legal reviews have been completed for the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), the long-awaited EVFTA only needs to be ratified by the European Parliament....
Polish Tuna Market Appears To Stabilize In Q3 After Peak And Downfall
After canned tuna volumes dropped last year, Polish imports appear to be stabilizing with a 16 percent increase in deliveries in Q3. The decline in shipments in 2017 was due to...
Heading For Chaos? UK Has No Post-Brexit Trade Deals In Place
British Treasure Secretary Liam Fox has claimed failure to replicate EU deals with foreign countries who refuse to believe a no-deal Brexit could happen. In 2017 the trade secretary had...
Manta SKJ Price Drops As Fishing Ban Ends
Price for whole round skipjack tuna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean hub of Manta, Ecuador is concluded at USD 1,450 M/T for the month of January, which is 9 percent lower than the price...
Germany’s Remarkable Canned Tuna Surge In Q3
The German market, with a few local tuna processors of value added products, relies heavily on foreign suppliers to meet internal demand. This market has been showing...
Strong Acceleration In US Tuna Pouch Sales
Latest figures on the US tuna market show that canned tuna is giving way to pouch. After many years not delivering on high expectations, this segment has now finally shown the growth and turn...
New Destinations For Old Tsukiji Market
Tokyo is planning to build an international event center at the site of the old Tsukiji tuna auction market.By utilizing the 23-hectare Tsukiji plot, Tokyo is aiming on increasing...
Failed Israeli Tuna Experiment: Lower Duties Lead To Higher Prices
The transition from domestic production to imports in Israel has led to a sharp rise in canned tuna prices. Two years after a duty reduction, some now argue that the experiment with...
What Will Be The Lowest Range for SKJ1.8:BKK In 2019?
Last week, Atuna asked our readers their projected peak for the Bangkok skipjack prices in 2019. According the poll results, majority believes that this range is between USD...