With the news that Thailand’s King, Bhumibol Adulyadej has died aged 88, the general reaction spreads doubt over the political state of the country. It sees the passing of a stabilizing figure...
Tuna Trade News
Sustainability Prioritized Among Most Australian Shoppers
Three quarters of Australians prioritize sustainability when buying seafood products, with half claiming they are willing to pay more for fish that is certified as sustainably-caught, new...
Latest TU Buy: Bold Strategic Shift
After forking out USD 575 million for a minority stake in Red Lobster, a world leading seafood restaurant chain, it has been revealed that Thai Union will hold a 25 percent share of the...
IKEA Food Chooses For Pacifical MSC Tuna
IKEA Spain will be making MSC certified Pacifical skipjack tuna available to its restaurant customers, as the first IKEA market to offer 100 percent wild-caught tuna, certified as sustainably...
TU Invests $575 Million In Direct-To-Consumer Channel
Thai Union has pumped a significant investment into the world’s largest seafood restaurant firm, Red Lobster, gaining access to an extensive direct-to-consumer channel for its products. The...
John West Australia Campaign Wins Ethical Award
John West Australia has taken home a global sustainability award, a first by an Australian organization. The firm was recently awarded the Best Engagement Campaign at...
“Tunas Ecuador” Brand Should Promote Industry
A plan to develop unified branding for Ecuador’s tuna products has been announced by the nation’s Foreign Trade Minister; in a move that is hoped will increase international recognition and...
Isabel Restyles Label Towards Rio Mare
Conservas Garavilla has announced that it has implemented a complete restyling of its complete canned seafood range. The new style which is introduced as “Renewed on the Outside – Improved on...
Calvo Aims To Triple Sales Growth
The Calvo Group is expecting to close 2016 with a turnover of about EUR 860 million, 9 percent more than last year. Last year the sales of Spain’s market leader in canned tuna increased with 3...
Princes Expands MSC Range With Pacifical Tuna
UK company Princes has announced that it will add products with the MSC ecolabel to its range of tuna and other seafood products, becoming the first brand or supermarket in the nation to...
Tuna Smugglers Caught Red Handed
Smugglers have been found carrying 1,438 cans of tuna and 6.6 tons of other fish in Cucuta, Colombia, at the border with Venezuela. The tax and customs police seized the fish with a total...
Clover Leaf: Consumers Want To Know Where Their Tuna Comes From
Canadian brand, Clover Leaf, has today launched a website that allows its customers to trace the supply chain for their cans of tuna, in a move to distance itself from environmental and...
Thai Union Completes US Buy-out
Thai Union Group has completed the buyout of Tri-Union Frozen Products (TUFP), which operates as Chicken of the Sea, shelling out around THB 1.6 billion (USD 46.2 million) for 18 percent, to...
How Thai Union’s King Oscar Rules Norway
Seafood sustainability claims are slowly but steadily becoming more and more present on Norwegian supermarket shelves. However, among ambient tuna, the story seems to be a different one. In...
Petit Navire To Enter Chilled Tuna Business
Thai Union owned French brand Petit Navire, which is known for its canned seafood product range, will look to diversify its products by introducing a range of chilled seafood. The range, which...
Philippines Exports Surge To Norway And Swiss Wishful Thinking?
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states signed a free trade agreement with the Philippines in April this year and the country has high hopes when it comes to an increase in tuna...
Maersk Heavily Expanding Reefer Container Fleet
Maersk Line, the world’s largest shipping company, is expanding its reefer fleet with a massive container investment. Maersk Line has ordered 14,800 new reefer containers in 2016 adding to the...
Japan: Change In Consumption Affects Price
There has been a change in the price of bigeye tuna in Japan, with lean cuts of the fish approaching the same cost as the traditionally desirable fatty cuts, in a development that could...
UK Tabloid Trashes John West For Spoiled Can
An unlucky teenager got an unpleasant surprise when she opened a can of John West tuna, discovering it contained maggots, a very rare incident when it comes to canned tuna. The controversial...
Philippines Unable To Maintain EU Growth
Last year was a positive one for the Philippine’s EU tuna trade, the first year which the country had GSP+ and duty free trade with the bloc. But the first half of this year the country...