The price at which whole round frozen skipjack is traded at the port of Manta in Ecuador has remained at high levels for the past couple of months. This dynamic is abnormal for this time of...
Tuna Trade News
Drop In Q4 EPO Catches Explain Current Peak Prices
Tuna fleets in the EPO were catching record-high levels of tuna during the first half of 2020, which might have led to the belief that the peak volumes of 2019 would be surpassed. However,...
Subway Makes Social Media Battle Ground On Baseless Legal Claims
Subway has taken to social media channels with a clever marketing strategy to fight against “baseless claims” that the tuna in its sandwiches is not real. The company is facing a lawsuit filed...
2020 Skipjack Deliveries To Bangkok Surged After Q4 Overturn
During most of 2020, skipjack raw material arriving at Thai ports was low compared to the previous year. By September, it looked like the year was going to end with less tuna offloaded in...
EU Alerts: Maldivian Tuna Recall Due To High Histamine
Throughout Europe, authorities brought a total of three tuna-related issues before the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in January. Two of these incidents involved products with...
Thai Packers 2020 Raw Material Sourcing Breaks Barrier
It has been five years since the annual sourcing volume of tuna raw material by Thai canners broke through the 700,000 M/T barrier. However, last year the COVID-19 pandemic drove the demand...
Subway Angry Over “Baseless” Claims In Tuna Sandwiches Lawsuit
Subway has expressed its anger over the lawsuit filed by a group of California consumers alleging that the company’s tuna sandwiches did not contain real tuna. The restaurant chain said these...
Thai Canners Increase Supply To More Than 20 Countries
Last year Thai processors increased their exports to major and small markets. Over the past couple of days, Atuna Analyst has been dissecting the data from Thai Customs. The final part...
PNG Halved Thai Canned Tuna Imports In 2020
Thai canned tuna shipped overseas experienced a modest increase during 2020. However, this was mainly visible only for the top major destinations while the processors' foothold in many smaller...
Container Crisis Confronts Canners With Cost Explosion
The global container supply chain shortage is causing plenty of headaches for tuna exporters given that it is causing shipping rates to skyrocket. As Atuna has previously reported, there is a...
Joe Biden Was Promoter Of ‘Dolphin-Safe’ Mexican Tuna Embargo
It is too early to tell how the administration of the new US president, Joe Biden, will impact the national and international tuna industry. However, he has a history with the sector as in...
President Biden Turning Around Policies Good For US Seafood Sector?
On the first day of taking office, US President Joe Biden reversed several major policies of the former Trump administration such as beginning the process of rejoining the 2015 Paris...
Cape Verde Tuna Plant Paralyzed Due To Missing EU Waiver
Cape Verde's government submitted a request to the EU to temporarily waive the rules of origin for its canned tuna exports. The economic bloc has yet to react to the petition, but the...
Brexit Deal Good News For EU Tuna Fleet?
Last year, Brexit negotiations between the UK and EU went right down to the wire, but in the end, a trade agreement was reached. Under the deal, canned tuna imports and exports between the...
Jean-Marc Bonhoure, Founder Of JMB Int’l, Dies At 64
One of Thailand’s pioneering canned tuna brokers Jean-Marc Bonhoure, the founder and CEO of JMB International, passed away on December 31st, from an acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage....
Korean Tuna Company Invests Millions To Reach Global Markets
On Wednesday, South Korean tuna processing company, S&B International, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth KRW 15 billion (USD 13.7 million) for investment with one province...
Dongwon Online Sashimi Sales Skyrocket
South Korean tuna company, Dongwon, has turned to an online platform to market some of its premium fresh tuna and sales are going through the roof. Given that the global pandemic has severely...
UK Travelers Can No Longer Enter With Tuna Into The EU
The EU prohibits travelers from third countries looking to enter its jurisdiction from introducing certain food goods such as canned tuna. As the Brexit transition period is now officially...
Zhoushan Seafood Trading Center Hit Record Tuna Volume In 2020
The China Ocean Squid Trading Center in Zhoushan traded 60,000 tons of tuna last year, according to Zhejiang Online. In addition, the trading volume hit a record-high and exceeded CNY 3.5...
Credit Suisse Slapped With New Suit Over Mozambique Tuna Scandal
Credit Suisse has been slapped with yet another lawsuit over the Mozambique tuna bonds scandal. This time two companies that acquired some of the exposure of the bank’s loan are seeking...