Canned tuna exports from the EU grew very slightly in the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period the previous year. Spanish canners continued to be the largest suppliers while...
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Lower WCPO Catches In December Led To Drop In Transshipments
The volume of tuna transshipped through PNA ports decreased by 10 percent last month compared to November as the volume of fish caught by seiners in the PNA waters and high seas declined....
Ecuador Argues Increasing ATQ Loins For EU Canners Is “Unacceptable”
The Spanish canners’ association Anfaco asking for an increased volume of duty-free tuna loins under the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) rule has not sat well with the Ecuadorian tuna sector,...
ETC2025 – Registration Now Open
Global tuna industry players will gather in Barcelona, Spain, for the 8th edition of the European Tuna Conference (ETC2025) to discuss the evolving tuna landscape; balancing sustainability,...
Thai Union Key EU Executive Assigned Bangkok Post
Thai Union recently appointed Aloys Meinema as the new Managing Director Ambient Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for its business in Thailand. Meinema, who has served as the General...
Alliance Select Comes To Agreement With Minority Shareholders
Philippines tuna and seafood company, Alliance Select Foods International, announced that it reached a deal with minority shareholders and former board directors after a decade of legal...
Slow Skipjack Trading In Bangkok Processing Hub
Skipjack trading continues to be slow in Bangkok and the price of frozen whole rounds saw a marginal increase in the past few weeks. Contracts concluded that skipjack raw material is hovering...
Dongwon Industries’ New Corporate Bonds Snapped Up
This week, South Korean conglomerate Dongwon Industries successfully issued corporate bonds worth KRW 200 billion (USD 137.21 million). The funds raised from this financial move will be used...
600-Pound Tuna Can Reeled In From Ocean & Other Social Media Stories
A US news site took a hilarious dig at the annual Toyosu bluefin auction market. An Italian chef's tuna recipe has a lot of fans on Instagram. US content creator urged fans to think big this...
Thai Canners Cut Back On Yellowfin Whole Round Imports In Q1-Q3
Thai processors reduced their overall yellowfin whole rounds buying from January to September 2024 despite some major producers increasing their business. The average value of the raw material...
Chris Lischewski To Head US Golding Farm Foods
Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee Seafoods, has been appointed as President of Golding Farm Foods. Established in 1972 in North Carolina, the company offers a variety of consumer and...
Spanish Processors Imported 5-Year High Pre-Cooked Loins Volumes
Spanish processors increased their imports of frozen pre-cooked loins from January to September 2024. Many of the major non-EU suppliers managed to increase their business in this market. From...
MIMRA & PIT Claim To Make Very Good Biz From US Walmart Contract
Glen Joseph, Director of the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) recently said that the volume of tuna provided through the Pacific Islands Tuna (PIT) has increased...
Anfaco Demands Higher ATQ Loins For EU Canners
Frozen pre-cooked tuna loins that can be imported duty-free into the EU under the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) were once again snapped in their initial allocation by the European Commission...
Spaniards Increased Canned Tuna Imports From OutsideThe Bloc
Spanish brands, retailers, and traders continued to buy more canned tuna in the first nine months of 2024. Purchases from processors outside the EU increased, whereas those from within the...
Which EU Nation Spent The Most On Initial Skipjack Landings?
The initial price of landed skipjack in France increased from January to September 2024, but dropped in Portugal and Spain compared to the same period the year before. However, Spaniards paid...
Vegetable Oil Prices Drove FAO Food Price Index In 2024
Global food commodity prices rose in the second half of 2024, mainly driven by the strong increase in vegetable oil prices. This was indeed bad news for canned tuna producers who had to pay...
US Tuna Sector Breathes Sigh Of Relief As Dockworker Strike Ends
US dockworkers across major ports from Maine to Texas, who have been on strike since last October, will fully resume operations after the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and...
MSC’s Annual Ocean Cookbook Is Out With Three Tuna Recipes
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Ocean Cookbook 2025 was released last week. This free digital cookbook is a collection of recipes featuring MSC-certified seafood curated by chef and...
New Entity JBT Marel Corporation Begins Business
US-based JBT Corporation has completed its settlement of the voluntary takeover of Icelandic Marel. Going forward, the organizations will be trading as JBT Marel Corporation. Both companies...