Similar to the situation playing out in the tuna hubs of Bangkok and Manta, the landed catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) are also poor. The supply is declining because almost all seiners have...
Tuna Trade News
IOT Plant Expands Storage Capacity
The only tuna processing plant in Seychelles, the Thai-Union owned Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) cannery, has announced the expansion of its storage capacity in a move to guarantee inventory at...
Jealsa’s Brazilian Tuna Will Be Reaching The US In January
For the first time ever, tuna produced in the region of Ceará in Brazil will be reaching the US market in January 2021. The brand, Robinson Crusoe, owned by the Spanish processor Jealsa...
2020 Set To Be Outstanding Year For Century Pacific
Analysts expect Philippines-based Century Pacific Foods (CNPF) will close this year with a 20 percent growth in revenue. The surge in demand which resulted from the quarantine due to the...
Trade Relief Program Open For US Fishermen Until Mid-January
US fishermen impacted by retaliatory tariffs will have one extra month to signup for the country’s Seafood Trade Relief Program (STRP) after the deadline was moved to January 15, 2021. This...
Alakrana Creates Community With Tuna Lover’s Corner
The Spanish Alakrana brand recently launched the 'El Rincon Del Tunalover' or The Tuna Lover's Corner, to engage with its consumers by offering more than just top quality tuna products, but...
Bullish Spain Gains More Ground In French Canned Biz
The French canned tuna market has remained steady in the first three quarters of this year but its African suppliers are losing business in the country. On the other hand, Spanish processors...
Poll: Room For Growth In EU Canned Tuna Market?
The EU market is one of the largest in the world for canned tuna. Year after year, imports to the economic bloc have been gradually increasing. But, is there still room for growth in the near...
China’s Tuna Sector Expansion Continues With Another Trading Hub
The city of Xiamen in China wants to build a trading center for commercial fishery products such as tuna to expand in the regional and national markets. Xiamen is a port city located on...
Italian And Spanish Canners Bought A Lot More Pre-Cooked Loins
Tuna producing nations Spain and Italy's buying of frozen pre-cooked loins increased during the first nine months of this year. Other tuna canning countries such as Portugal and France also...
Plant-based Tuna Alternative Expands In EU
US-based Gathered Foods has enlarged its footprint in the European market with its Good Catch brand for vegan seafood. After launching its products in over 300 Tesco stores across the UK in...
Worms Found In Tuna Can Sabotage Against Colombian Food Program
One mother in Colombia claimed that a canned tuna product that her son got through a school food aid program contained worms. The School Feeding Program (PAE) is considering that the event...
Chinese Aggressively Expanding Their EU Loins Biz In Q3
The unsatisfied EU processors' hunger for low priced frozen pre-cooked loins has increased this year and Chinese suppliers are leading the pack of exporters trying to fill this need,...
SKJ1.8:BKK Price Experiences Modest Pick Up
After weeks of sluggish movement in the skipjack market in the global tuna hub of Bangkok, there has been some weak signs of revival but the relative conservative mood in the market has not...
Worsening Manta Supply Keeps Skipjack Price At High Level
Little raw material reaching the Manta port has kept the price for whole round frozen skipjack stable at a considerably high level for this time of the year. The EPO fleets are still feeling...
Two French Premium Tuna Processors Merge
French fresh tuna processors Comptoirs Océanique and Cap Cavally are merging their businesses as of January 1, 2021. They have already had a longstanding cooperation in the seafood sector...
Europeans Pay Less For Tuna Than Salmon
Tuna is the favorite fish of the Europeans and they have a huge appetite for it, especially in canned form. It is not only the taste and health benefits of this food that has played a role in...
Atuna Readers Undecided On Chances For US-Ecaudor Deal
The chances for Ecuador’s negotiations with the US to export canned tuna and pouches duty-free to the North American market have been estimated to be equally positive and negative by our...
Spanish Canner Takes Carrefour’s Innovation 2020 Award Home
Grupo Consorcio’s recently launched ‘Eco’ line of MSC tuna in recyclable packaging has been well received by the consumers shopping at Carrefour. The Spanish canner’s new product range won the...
Philippines Winner In Buoyant German Market
Canned tuna shipments into Germany expanded in the first nine months of the year (Q3 2020) with almost all suppliers from outside the EU boosting their deliveries. Faced with the explosive...