Mozambique’s public finance watchdog, the Budget Monitoring Forum (FMO), has demanded that Credit Suisse give the African nation a full debt relief of USD 2 billion. This is ten times the...
Tuna Trade News
Ecuador Scored Slam Dunk In UK Market In 2020
The arrivals of canned tuna to the UK reached their lowest point in five years in 2020. This means that most suppliers lost part of their business in the country, but the Ecuadorians managed...
RD Switches To Eco-friendly Packaging For Dolly Tuna
RD Tuna Canners from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has committed to fighting plastic pollution. It will be replacing the plastic wrap around its Dolly Tuna brand's six-pack of canned tuna with a...
Japan’s Pole-and-Line MSC Certification Recognized With Award
The Japan Sustainable Seafood Awards were given out during this year’s Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium which took place from October 10 to 13. The Collaboration Award went to the Japan...
Mozambique Tuna Longliners Meant To Collect Data Of Criminals At Sea
The trial of 19 people who were allegedly involved in taking bribes in a billions-worth financial scandal – including USD 850 million in tuna bonds – is still ongoing. One of the accused said...
China & Pacific Islands Holding Tuna Trade Talks In Dec
Pacific Island nations and China will be holding trade talks over fisheries this coming December. The China Pacific Island Nations Fisheries Cooperation Development summit will take place in...
Conxemar Aiming To Snatch Seafood Global’s Visitors In Brussels
For the first time in more than 20 years, the Spanish Wholesalers Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Transformers, and Exporters of Fishery and Aquaculture Product (Conxemar) will be...
EU To Hold Online Meeting With Vietnam Over Yellow Card
Inspectors from the European Commission (EC) and Vietnam’s General Department of Fisheries will hold an online meeting on October 27 regarding the Asian country’s progress in mitigating IUU...
Conxemar Ends, Exceeds Expectations
Yesterday, the Conxemar 2021 trade show closed its doors. In three days, the face-to-face event attracted 22,000 visitors from 95 countries. The organization was pleasantly surprised with...
Africa’s Free-Trade Area Perfect Tool To Create New Tuna Markets
One of the main goals behind the creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was to facilitate the movement of capital and investments within the continent. With this in mind,...
Judge Struggles With Claims And Dismisses Case Against Subway
Californian federal judge, Jon Tigar, has thrown out the window the lawsuit by two Bay Area women representing customers initially accusing Subway of selling sandwiches and wraps with no real...
Japanese Company Sues Maersk Over Damaged Tuna
A cargo of tuna for the lucrative Japanese sashimi market spoiled during transportation as the necessary temperature was not maintained throughout the trip. Hence, the product ended up going...
EU Alerts: Italians Raised Several Warnings About Spanish Tuna
Tuna-related incidents reported to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in September ranged from poor temperature control to food poisoning. Out of the seven issues reported,...
StarKist Mascot Turns 60, Happy Birthday Charlie
Yesterday, StarKist’s mascot Charlie the Tuna celebrated his 60th birthday. The famous icon for decades has been urging Americans to eat tuna. He was honored with a miniature of himself and a...
Japan’s Skipjack Imports Crash, Indonesia Suffers Most
Sales of frozen whole round tuna to Japan have taken a big hit in the first half of the year (H1). Imports reached the lowest level in at least the last five years, pushed by the lack of...
Conxemar Starts In Spain, Brings Industry Face-To-Face
Today, one of the biggest seafood trade shows kicks off in Spain. The first in-person event since the pandemic took the world by storm. Conxemar opened its doors to wholesalers, importers,...
Tuna Loses Crown In British Market After Temporary Reign
Retail sales of tuna in the UK dropped slightly during the first half of the year. In 2020, panic buying of canned products pushed tuna temporarily to the top as the most popular seafood....
How Much Will Peak Fuel Costs Affect Skipjack Rates?
Global crude oil prices are at an all-time high given the demand from oil guzzling nations outstripping supply. This has pushed marine fuel prices even further up with tuna purse seiner owners...
Philippines Recovered Share In Japanese Canned Tuna Market
Japanese buyers demanded almost the same quantities of canned tuna in the first half of 2021 as in the same period last year. However, there was a shift in the supply as they bought more from...
Subway Records Highest Sales Despite PR Nightmare
Subway recorded its best-ever sales month since 2013 in August this year. This positive news for the company comes at a time when it has been facing a lot of negative media backlash from...