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Seychelles Students Take A Grand Tour Of TU IOT Plant
Students from secondary and post-secondary schools in Seychelles visited Thai Union’s Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) cannery yesterday as part of the World Tuna Day (WTD) celebrations. The tour,...
Slow Start To The Year: Thai Union’s Q1 Net Profit Plunges By 45%
Thai Union sales have not started the year well according to the 2023 first-quarter figures released today. The world’s largest tuna company’s turnover reached THB 32.7 billion (USD 961.38...
Readers: Higher Skipjack Price Minor Impact On Retail Sales
With rising raw material prices in all global tuna hubs, the burden is passed down the supply chain. A higher price for tuna products may affect consumer behavior in the coming months. Half of...
Spanish Canners’ 2022 Imports Of Skipjack WR Hits Peak
European canners’ buying of skipjack raw material in 2022 declined drastically - by nearly one-quarter compared to 2021. However, the Spanish increased their imports from their purse seiner...
Pingtung To Open Doors For Its Annual Bluefin Tuna Cultural Festival
The 23rd annual Taiwanese Pingtung Bluefin Tuna Cultural Festival will begin on May 6 and will run until July 2, featuring concerts, folk songs, seafood feasts, and guided tours. It will also...
Pacific Islands Fear Republicans Could Block USD 600 Million Tuna Treaty
The Pacific Islands are watching the USD 600 million follow-through for the Tuna Treaty that US President Joe Biden promised the region last autumn. The proposal awaits agreement from US...
Seafood Expo Global 2023 Edition A Success
The Seafood Expo Global had its final day on April 27. More than 33,000 seafood professionals attended the event. This was an increase of 24 percent from last year’s attendees when the Expo...
Ecuador Wants Less Dependency On EU
The Ecuadorian tuna industry must change its export strategy and focus more on the US market to be less dependent on European trade. The second strategy in 2023 should be eliminating the EU...
Chicken Of The Sea Top Executive Leaves Role
Chicken of the Sea will bid farewell to its Vice President Rob Kragh, who has served the company for 17 years. The top executive announced his departure via LinkedIn on April 24, posting that...
Seafood Expo Global 2023 Starts With A Bang
The world’s largest seafood trade fair opened its doors today with thousands of people around the world attending. The Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global is being held for the...
Supermarket Employee Tampers StarKist Pouches With Needles
A teenage worker of the American supermarket chain Giant Foods has been accused of inserting sewing needles into StarKist Light Tuna large pouches (2.6 oz pack) and other products. It was...
US Does Not Back Out Embargo On Mexican Yellowfin
The US will continue its embargo on the import of Mexican yellowfin products under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). NOAA – the US federal fishing authority – imposed the ban...
Moroccan Officials Find Cocaine Inside Tuna Guts
The Moroccan police initiated an investigation after confiscating bags of cocaine inside the guts of frozen yellowfin whole rounds that were being transported in a refrigerated container at...
Banana Index Shows Tuna Is Low Climate Impact Protein Source
The rising carbon footprint is a cause for urgent global concern. Over the years, studies have pointed out how meat intake is highly negatively impacting the environment compared to the...
EU Canners Bought EUR 346 Million Of Yellowfin Whole Rounds
EU demand for frozen whole round yellowfin showed a notable uptick in 2022, especially after the huge drop in 2021 when there was more interest in skipjack. Thunnus albacares comprised 63...
New Service Introduced To Expand Abidjan Tuna Reefer Exports
French container transport and shipping company, CMA CGM, has introduced a new service exclusively for tuna shipments out of Abidjan harbor, the main tuna trading hub in West Africa. It wants...
Alliance Select USD 3.5 Mil Net Loss From Tuna Activities
Philippines-based Alliance Select Foods International Inc. (ASFII) recently reported that it experienced a drop in its 2022 turnover – it hit USD 34.58 million, down 14 percent year on year....
SKJ1.8:BKK Tears Down The USD 2,000 Fence
The traded level for frozen whole round skipjack in the Bangkok hub has broken through the USD 2,000 per M/T barrier, a peak not seen in six years. A combination of factors has driven the...
EU 2022 Raw Material Imports Fall Below Loins Trade For First Time
EU canners are continuing to purchase less whole round frozen tuna. Last year was the first time the frozen pre-cooked loins trade exceeded the amount of raw material imported from global...