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Tuna Trade News
Sentencing Postponed For US Tuna Price-Fixing Execs
The final sentencing for three former senior executives of Bumble Bee and StarKist who were involved in the price-fixing shelf-stable tuna case in the US has been postponed. Kenneth Worsham,...
Lischewski To Pay USD 100,000 To Washington State For Price-Fixing
Former Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, will pay USD 100,000 to Washington state for his role in canned tuna price-fixing, according to the state’s Attorney-General. The defendant has 60 days...
Thai Canned Shipments To US Go Through The Roof In Q3
This year is turning out to be a very good one for Thai canned tuna processors. While many other industries have been deeply affected by COVID-19, it has resulted in well above normal exports...
Vanuatu & Nauru Strong Emerging Suppliers To Bangkok
At the Bangkok port, the Pacific nations of Vanuatu and Nauru are emerging as strong tuna raw material suppliers since many purse seiners are now carrying their flag. Yesterday, Atuna reported...
Explorer Magalhães Honored By Portuguese Tuna Brand
Five hundred years ago, Portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães arrived at the South American coast after a year of traveling. Tuna processor Ramirez has joined the official quincentenary...
Low Skipjack Deliveries To Bangkok Continued Throughout Q3
The supply of raw material to the Thai ports has, for the first three-quarters of this year, remained at the same low level as in 2019. However, some of the main skipjack suppliers delivered a...
PAFCO & Bumble Bee Signed 10 Year Agreement
US canned tuna label Bumble Bee and Fiji’s national cannery, Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO), have had a close working relationship for over 20 years. The company announced that they recently...
WCPO Seiners Fishing More Days, But Finding Less
During the month of September, the skipjack price in Bangkok initially followed the same trend of recent years and declined alongside the tuna catches in the WCPO. However, recent information...
Other EU Loin Suppliers Pushed Out By China In H1
The demand for foreign pre-cooked tuna loins has been steadily growing among EU processors. While the majority of origin countries reduced their year-on-year deliveries, the strength and...
Mozambique Seeking Extradition Of 3 Ex-Bankers In Tuna Scam
Mozambique’s Attorney-General's Office (PGR) has been given authorization by the Supreme Court to seek the extradition of three former Credit Suisse bankers to Maputo, reported All Africa....
EU Processors Expand, Powered By Record Loins Intake In H1 2020
In the last couple of months strong opinions have been voiced about the volume of pre-cooked loin imports in the EU, in particular those under the duty-free Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ). The...
H1 Imports: Spanish Canners Still Hooked On Cheap Chinese Loins
Tuna pre-cooked loins buyers in Spain have been steadily increasing their intake and this past half-year they purchased record-level volumes. One Asian origin, marked as controversial by...
High Court Rejects Calvo’s Appeal For €6.5 Million Penalty
The Spanish tuna corporation, Grupo Calvo, was trying to discard a Supreme Court’s decision against it in a dispute involving default interests on VAT tuna imports from El Salvador during...
John West UK Does Not Source IO Yellowfin
The John West brand has told Atuna that it does not source yellowfin from the Indian Ocean (IO) for its products. Yesterday, another major UK brand, Princes, declared that it will reduce its...
Chinese Fishing Companies’ Investors Losing Money In Stock Market
In August, Chinese tuna vessel operator CNFC Overseas Fisheries reached its highest stock value since early 2018. However, the elevated level did not last long and had already started to...
Thai Packers Reconquer Swedish Business From Princes Mauritius
While neighboring Northern countries passively cut down their imports, Sweden displayed a significantly higher level of trading activity on canned tuna in the first half of 2020 (H1) compared...
Bumble Bee Innovates Tuna Recipes With Foodbeast
Bumble Bee Seafoods is on a roll to win more consumers by giving Americans their favorite thing – innovative and delicious food. It has teamed up with leading US food news and media website,...
Vietnam Tuna Exports Increasing To The EU After Deal
Two months after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) came into force, Vietnam’s fishery exports and especially tuna shipments to European markets have increased. According to the...
Finnish Market Reopening Its Doors To Thailand
The volume of canned tuna entering the Finnish market drastically dropped in the first six months of this year. In 2019, buyers' strong demand for products from an African supplier did not...