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Emmet Purcell, US Tuna Importer, Sadly Passes
Earlier this month, on March 6th, one of America’s first canned tuna importers, Emmet John Purcell, sadly passed away after an amazing 92 years, and a successful career. After graduating from...
Italy Selects Tuna As Product Of The Year
One centennial tuna brand from Europe is still keeping up with the times, and standing out in its local sector, as it has been elected canned product of the year 2015 by a national quality...
Fishermen Request To Scrap Zero Duty ATQ For Loins
The Spanish Fisheries Confederation has approached the EU Commission requesting for the annual zero duty loin quota to be eliminated for nations like Thailand, China and Vietnam. This 22,000...
Thai January Skipjack Imports Show Strong Decline
Squeezed into an ongoing bottleneck condition, players in the tuna industry are now paying particular attention to shifts in skipjack trade that might potentially kick-start change. But so far...
Software That Calculates Results Of A Promotion
One top US tuna brand is aiming to drive increased consumer demand through the implementation of a technology that will allow the company to execute more effective trade promotions and...
US Tuna Brand Awarded Seafood Champion For Innovation
Of 16 finalists in four different categories, the 2015 Seafood Champions have been announced, and one American tuna producer takes the hot spot for the innovation award. US based tuna producer...
“Philippine Canners Must Rethink Their Labor Practices”
One of the world’s top tuna processing nations’ has called on local tuna industry players to make serious changes to their labor practices and align with international labor standards, so to...
John West Rides Super Foods Wave With New Range
A new shelf stable tuna range packed with “ancient grain superfoods” is about to hit the Australian market, aimed to be a convenient snack alternative for consumers. Aussie based John West,...
11 Year Low Euro Blow Softened For Tuna Buyers
Sinking to its lowest level in more than 11 years, the drastically weak Euro value against the US dollar has substantially weakened the buying power of EU consumers towards dollar quoted food...
How Much FAD Free Tuna Do You Estimate To Be Fraudulent?
In light of recent claims made by Europêche, Europe’s main fishing industry organization, regarding an alleged proliferation of possibly fraudulent FAD-free labels in tuna EU markets, we asked...
Over USD 690 Million Could Be Lost By Skipjack Fleets
Fishing nations exporting tuna raw material to Thailand, the world’s biggest tuna processing nation, could be collectively losing over USD 690 million in value if 2015 does not produce a...
Newspaper Buyers Get Free Tuna Pouch
Spain’s leading tuna brand and one of the top read national newspapers have teamed up to promote the brand’s ‘Open & Ready’ products to hundreds of thousands of readers, by giving away a...
The Top 5 Tuna Raw Material Exporters To Thailand
Thailand is one of the largest processors of canned tuna in the world, however it doesn’t do a significant amount of fishing, and almost all the tuna it processes is imported from nations...
Prime Minister Pushes For Origin Labeling After Tuna “Poisoning”
Following reports of food poisoning from imported Thai tuna, Australia’s Prime Minister has ordered a review of food-labeling laws to give consumers a better insight into country of origin...
Large Spanish Tuna Group To Expand In Emerging Asian Markets
Growth in the consumption of tuna and other fishery products has led one international tuna producer to announce its expansion into new export markets, including Russia, China, Vietnam,...
A New Fast Food Chain That Only Sells Fish?
A fast food chain dedicated solely to selling tuna and other fishery products is set to be launched in India, with its first branch opening this week. Fisheries Minister Babu Bokhiria opened...
MSC Upgrades Chain Of Custody To Higher Standards
Consumer facing tuna companies are set to benefit as MSC revises and updates its chain of custody standards, and adds a new choice to its certification menu. Taking on board the feedback of...
EU Yellowfin Buyers Report 60% Price Hikes
Forced to look to other nations for fresh yellowfin tuna supply, European buyers have been struck with significant price hikes since the EU handed Sri Lanka a red card on IUU. Some companies...
Generous Government Support To Battle Philippine Competition
Following industry demand for government support, Ecuadorian tuna producers may now benefit from some pretty advantageous exemptions and incentives, allowing the tuna canning nation to...