A major trade deal to eliminate duties between 12 different countries around the world has this week been agreed after five years of negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is set to...
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Top MSC Market Lacks Significant Certified Tuna Sales
A recent campaign in the Netherlands has seen over 90 percent of Dutch supermarkets promote both MSC and ASC certified fish during the “Think Fish” week, intending to help consumers understand...
“Tuna Pockets” Hit The Market
New Zealand-based company Sealord has recently launched prepackaged tuna mixed with healthy ingredients which the company is calling “Tuna Pockets”. The four flavors – Lemon, Sesame and...
Limited Tuna Industry Participation At Conxemar
The International Fair of Frozen Seafood, Conxemar 2015, organized by the Spanish Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Manufacturers and Exporters of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will hold its...
First Australian Tuna For Chinese Market
The first batch of southern bluefin tuna from Port Lincoln, Australia has arrived in China after a contract was signed earlier in the year by Australian fishing company Stehr Group. Close to...
The EU’s Cheapest Can Of Tuna, And It’s P+L
Pole and line caught canned tuna, a sustainably marketed product that has commonly been sold with a premium price tag, has now become a mainstream product in the UK and is being sold in this...
First BKK SKJ Price Drop In Months
With a situation where large buyers are holding out for even lower prices, the Bangkok skipjack price has taken a modest slide, the first decline in the market since early March. A price trend...
Ikea: The Unlikely Global Leader In Sustainable Seafood
Despite being famous for its Scandinavian-style flat pack furniture, Ikea, the world’s second largest homeware store, has announced that all fish sold in its stores will now be certified by...
Why Young Americans Aren’t Buying Canned Tuna
Young Americans, known as the millennial generation make up around 24 percent of the US population, and according to Jan Tharp, COO of Bumble Bee Foods, this is a segment of consumers who are...
Your Opinion: Should We Expect A Growth Of US “Tuna Like” Imports?
A trend which has been gaining exposure in recent weeks is the growth of US importers purchasing “tuna like” species such as Euthynnus Affinis and Auxis Thazard, before selling them under the...
Price-Fixing Lawsuits Reach New Milestone
Following the filing of two new complaints against the US Big 3 tuna brands, the number of price-fixing lawsuits now stacks up to a total of 25. The latest prosecutions claim just the same as...
Bumble Bee Has Its Sting In Solid White
With a more than 40 percent sales share under its belt, it’s the Bumble Bee (BB) brand that is taking the lead in the retail size US Solid White canned tuna market, leaving even its biggest...
Euthynnus Isn’t Tuna In Europe
US and EU authorities appear to have a very distinct difference between their views on what’s tuna and what’s not. While in the United States market, Euthynnus Affinis and Auxis Thazard...
Private Label And Branded Competition Brutal
Competition between brands and private label products appears to be intensifying, with price at the core of the battle. As stated by Alfonso Delgado, News Business Development Director with AC...
J/V Brings Strength Back To TUF Stock
With 36.6 million TUF shares traded yesterday, the announcement from the firm of a joint venture (J/V) aiming to target the Middle East market has sent the company’s stock value rising at one...
“Fake Tuna” Is Perfectly Legal
Species that some in the industry have branded as “fake tuna” are likely to continue disrupting the US market, as several sources confirm to atuna.com that what is happening is perfectly legal...
One Player Controlling 53% Of All US Chunk Light
As the US canned tuna market as a whole is probed by antitrust analysis, first half year 2015 US market research is showing that one company is solely controlling a hefty share of the overall...
Who Might Be The 1st CEO To Spill To The FBI?
Price-fixing criminal lawsuits against the US Big 3 tuna brands continue to pile up, but so far with little public emergence of surefire evidence. If the price fixing did take place, who could...
Importer’s Brands Now Scarce In German Market
Importer’s brands seem to be few and far between in the German canned tuna market, as all main retailers now offer private label product lines on their shelves. It’s the German-born discount...
Your Opinion On: “Will TUF Sell Off Chicken Of The Sea To Get Bumble Bee?”
In the last atuna.com poll we asked you: “Will TUF sell off Chicken of the Sea to get Bumble Bee?” The statistics show a real mixed bag of opinions on this issue, with the overall...