While according to the UK Office of National Statistics local GDP fell by an astonishing 19.1 percent in the three months to May 2020 and the food services sector lost 71.7 percent of its...
Tuna Trade News
Major Global Tuna Highlights July 2020
July was an important month for the worldwide tuna sector as prices at the ports of Bangkok and Manta commenced to recover - a consequence of primarily the FAD ban and the first fishing...
Bull Run For Chinese Seafood Shares
What is happening in China with the stock markets as the government encourages the people to invest in shares? Many companies are profiting from it. This includes tuna vessel operator CNFC...
Tri-Union Sues Retailers Over Brand Infringement
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC has filed a lawsuit for trademark counterfeiting and infringement against three New Jersey retailers who have been illegally selling Van Camp's canned tuna imported from...
Do Consumers Have A Clue About FAO Zones On A Tuna Can?
In Europe, it is required by law that a producer has to specify the catch area by the FAO code on a tuna can. That rule applies to all seafood products sold within the economic block. But do...
Bumble Bee Says Bye-Bye To Horatio The Bee
Bumble Bee has launched a new tuna product called Protein on the Run, which looks to supply consumers with a healthy snack high in protein. Although the company already has several...
Princes UK Drops Plastic Containers
Princes Food BV, which is responsible for the canned tuna brand of the same name, has announced that it will stop using expanded polystyrene (EPS) containers in its Napolitana and Hunger...
Century Tuna Superbods Turns Into Online Platform
Century Tuna's annual fitness competition, Superbods, lined up 34 finalists this year. Normally, the leading canned tuna brand in the Philippines would organize challenges to select the male...
Portugal Promotes Consumption Of National Tuna
Portuguese authorities joined together to start the campaign Let’s Preserve What Is Ours, which promotes the consumption of preserved seafood produced nationally to favor the country's economy...
2000 Year-Old Tuna Amphorae Recovered
During the routine inspection of a frozen seafood shop, the Spanish Civil Guard recovered 13 Roman Amphorae from the First Century, which were decorating the store. As described in...
Shady Tuna Supplier Reached El Salvador Emergency Program
The government of El Salvador has distributed canned tuna from a Mexican company that previously supplied low-quality products at very high prices to Venezuelans. The firm in question is...
COVID-19 Boosts Grupo Herdez’s Tuna Sales
Yesterday, Mexican company Grupo Herdez announced that canned tuna was one of its best-selling categories in 2020’s second quarter (Q2) results. The firm increased net sales year-on-year that...
SIAL Paris 2020 Rescheduled To 2022
This year's SIAL Food Fair, which was scheduled for October 18 to 22 in Paris, has been canceled and the next edition is scheduled for October 15 to 19, 2022. The bi-annual event is one of the...
Dongwon’s Innovative Tuna Marketing Reaching Generation Z
Dongwon strikes again with yet another innovative canned tuna presentation in Korea. This time it has released retro packaging that looks to target Millennials and Generation Z consumers who...
Rare Case Of Mislabeled Tuna In Aussie Woolworths
During about 20 years of reporting, Atuna has rarely come across mislabeling issues in the tuna industry. In a rare case, Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain is investigating a...
TU’s Belgian Mackerel Market Leader Introduces Yellowfin
The premium Mackerel market leader in Belgium, FEUILLE D’OR, has extended its product range and for the first time ever included a new canned tuna product. The brand is part of Thai Union’s...
Thai Union Repurchasing Scheme Bearing Some Fruit
Update of the repurchase of shares by Thai Union. Its Board of Directors announced the re-buy in March setting the limits on a maximum of 200 million shares and not exceeding THB...
EU Pays Cape Verde Less Than Seychelles
The EU-Cape Verde fisheries agreement signed on May 20, 2019, officially entered into force for both parties on July 8. The partnership will allow boats from Spain, France, and Portugal to...
Pacific Sashimi Biz Suffers From Food Service Closure
The fear of a second COVID-19 wave is keeping several economies from completely reopening, and this is affecting many tuna distributors. In the Pacific, the sashimi business is suffering as...
Italians Create Highest Added Value On Their Tuna
Italian canned tuna has consistently been one of the highest valued in the EU market, always staying well above all other origins including the two leading EU suppliers, Ecuador and Spain. The...