Along the Colombian and Ecuadorian border in the town of Ipiales, police found a cargo worth close to USD one million consisting of cans filled with tuna that contained cocaine. The police and...
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Lischewski Fires Legal Team, Decides To Represent Himself
As reported today by Intrafish, former Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski has taken some drastic measures after he was confronted with Judge Dana Sabrow's turnaround ruling in the Associated...
Police Raid On Massive Amount Of Spoiled Tuna
In Sri Lanka, the police received information about a vendor selling rotting tuna. After investigating and questioning the vendor, the police, in cooperation with public health officials,...
Should Lischewski Be Personally Accountable For Price-fixing Damages?
After nearly two years in jail for the US Big Three tuna price-fixing case, Bumble Bee Foods' former CEO, Chris Lischewski, is due for release this November. Without much hope of leaving the...
Readers: Strong Dollar Will Slow EU Tuna Consumption
The majority of our readers assume that the strong dollar will slow tuna consumption in the EU zone. They foresee that the effect of the exchange-rate-related prices will have an impact on...
Philippine Processors Lose Business In Japanese Market
In the stable Japanese canned tuna market, Philippine processors lost business to Thailand and Indonesia in the first half of the year. The Filipino canneries were unable to maintain their...
StarKist Takes Price Fixing Case To US Supreme Court
Virginia-based canner StarKist has announced that the company will not be backing down within the price-fixing case and has proceeded to file a “writ of certiorari” appeal to the US Supreme...
Healthy Tuna Tears, A Japanese Delicacy
Japanese cuisine can sometimes amaze even the most passionate tuna consumers. Traditional Japanese tuna dishes, other than sashimi and sushi, can also be prepared from exclusive pieces, such...
Kenya’s Tuna Processing Project Restarted Despite Corruption Allegations
In the summer of last year, corruption claims against the construction company in charge of the Liwatoni tuna fisheries complex resulted in the Kenyan government halting the KES 1 billion (USD...
Dongwon Industries Achieves USD 1.3 Billion Sales, Best H1 Performance Ever
The largest tuna fishing company in South Korea, Dongwon Industries, experienced a prosperous first half of this year, which turned out to be the best performance ever for it in terms of sales...
Century Beats Inflation In First Half Of 2022
Beating the current inflation, the Philippines’ leading tuna processor, Century Pacific Food (CNPF), revealed that it has made a profit of nine percent in the first half of 2022. The gain was...
Century Tuna Discovers Philippine’s Fittest Body
Named the hottest and sexiest event of the year, Century Tuna's Superbods annual competition has announced its winners. Out of 32 finalists, Kirk Bondad and Christelle Abello were crowned...
Peru Authorized To Export EPO Yellowfin To US
Peru has been given the green light by US authorities to deliver yellowfin raw material caught by purse seiners fishing in the EPO for the next five years. This permit allows Peruvian Thunnus...
Will The Strong Dollar Slow Down EU Zone Tuna Consumption?
Economists from all sides are warning us about uncontrolled inflation, especially within the European market. Part of this inflation is caused by the rapid weakening of the Euro against the US...
Will Recessionary Dynamics Also Hit Global Tuna Demand?
The recessionary dynamics have hit major farmed salmon and shrimp seafood commodities, two strong tuna competitors, in the worldwide seafood market. The demand for these aquaculture products...
Indonesia Insists On Zero Tariff To Conquer Japanese Canned Tuna Market
Indonesia has requested, once again, that Japan lowers its import duty for Indonesian canned tuna so that it can have easier access to the Japanese market. Without the tariff elimination,...
Princes UK Fish Director To Chair BKK TUNA 2022
The most anticipated event of the global tuna industry, TUNA 2022, being held in Bangkok from October 11 to13, now has a new Chair, Neil Bohannon, Group Fish Director, Princes Group, UK....
What Do Atuna Readers Think About The Skipjack Price Trend?
The results of the latest Atuna poll are in. The majority of voters are clear about their expectations of the price in Bangkok for whole round frozen skipjack - that it will go up within this...
Credit Suisse To Pay USD 23 Mil To Cheated US Investors
A UK subsidiary of Credit Suisse has been ordered to pay USD 22.6 million in compensation to cheated investors after the Swiss lender bought debt to fund a tuna fishing project and maritime...
PAFCO Looks For Customers In Australia
Last week, the CEO of the Fijian tuna processor PAFCO visited Australia in hopes to expand where it can market its tuna products. The Chief Executive, Saiyad Raiyum met with buyers, brokers,...