08 December 2015
Hayduk’s Plan To Become Peru’s Largest Tuna Supplier
It was already evident last year that tuna expansion was on the cards for Peruvian firm Pesquera Hayduk, as it announced plans to...
30 November 2015
Why Spain’s Import Of Processed Tuna Is Growing
Spanish importers are displaying a growing appetite for processed tuna products from non-EU nations; and African countries, in...
13 November 2015
Declining US Tuna Imports In 1st 3 Quarters
Recent data gathered by atuna.com has shown that an eight percent drop has occurred in US canned tuna imports over the first...
12 November 2015
Who’s Moving In On Ecuador’s German Market Turf?
Germany’s appetite for canned tuna is growing this year, as buyers boosted their purchases by a noticeable 15 percent. However,...
11 November 2015
EU Buyers Turn Away From Ecuador’s Tuna
Shipments from Ecuador to the EU are still showing stark differences to last year’s volumes, as canned tuna exporters struggle to...
04 November 2015
Will Ecuador’s Bumper Catch Push Prices Down Further?
Defying all expectations of El Niño impacts this year, Ecuador’s skipjack catch continues to rise, with the fleet’s landings up...
04 November 2015
Revealed: The Top 5 Tuna Importers Of The Americas
The Americas is one of the world’s biggest markets for imports of tuna, with the region’s top five importing nations alone...
15 October 2015
Jealsa Loses Out In South America
While South America has been getting a lot of attention as a canned tuna market with huge potential at this year’s Anuga, for...
15 October 2015
Atuna Readers Expect US Euthynnus Chunk Light Sales To Grow
The results of atuna.com’s recent opinion poll are in, where we asked readers: “Do you expect continued growth of US imports of...
15 October 2015
Canned In The USA - But Product Of China?
The US is still the world’s largest single country market for canned tuna, but struggling to keep consumers loyal to the product....
15 October 2015
Extra Quota For US Fleet On Top Of Catch Limit
Longline fishermen in Hawaii have been granted permission to fish an extra 1,000 M/T of bigeye tuna despite having already hit...
14 October 2015
TU Not Giving Up On Bumble Bee
Thai Union’s long wait on its planned Bumble Bee purchase could have left some buyers lacking enthusiasm by now. However, the...
13 October 2015
Could Spending Cuts Further Impact Ecuador’s Prices?
As Ecuador’s canned tuna shipments to the EU slip substantially, the weight on the country’s fishing and processing industry...
12 October 2015
Tuna Crisis Deepens For Venezuelan Industry
The lack of tuna raw material continues hitting the tuna industry of Venezuela hard, with domestic production reaching...
12 October 2015
Tuna Distributors Notably Absent At Sysco Awards
The results of Sysco’s annual seafood awards have been released recently, recognizing firms within the seafood sector which have...
09 October 2015
New US “Sea Scout” Scheme To Fight IUU Announced
A new global initiative to help identify IUU fishing activity has been announced this week at the “Our Ocean” conference held by...
09 October 2015
Ecuador Sees A Quarter EU Business Evaporate
A big shift in EU canned tuna imports appears to be taking place, especially with exports from Ecuador, while imports from...
07 October 2015
TPP Could Create Major Shift In Tuna Exports To USA
A major trade deal to eliminate duties between 12 different countries around the world has this week been agreed after five years...
05 October 2015
Calvo Will Invest USD 7 Million In Cannery
One of leading global companies in the tuna industry, Grupo Calvo, is planning to invest between five and seven million dollars...
05 October 2015
GP Calls For Worldwide Boycott Of Thai Union Tuna
Today Greenpeace has launched a campaign to urge consumers and investors around the globe to avoid canned tuna from the world’s...
01 October 2015
Lawyer: US Tuna Market Is “An Oligopoly”
It’s common knowledge within the industry that the US canned tuna market is dominated by three big players, and with allegations...
30 September 2015
Latin America’s Largest Tuna Fleet
Recent numbers revealed by Mexico-based fishing company Pesca Azteca, show that its annual tuna catches can reach upwards of...
29 September 2015
American Samoan Production Cost Expected To Rise
A deal has been made that will likely see the American Samoan minimum hourly wage increase this week, but the rise will be less...
29 September 2015
Is StarKist The Price-Fixing Whistleblower?
Now mounting up to a large pile of lawsuits, speculation strengthens that a whistleblower is involved in the recent flurry of...
29 September 2015
Favorite Feeding Spots Of Tuna Discovered
Scientists in America have now devised a way in which the internal temperature of wild tuna can be measured, allowing researchers...
29 September 2015
Buehs Hit By Falling Tuna Exports
Falling tuna prices have hit export revenues for Ecuadorian processor, Grupo Buehs, driving the company to expand in its local...
28 September 2015
Bigeye Quota Shift To Go To US Court
The decision on whether or not the Hawaiian longline fleet will be allowed to attribute some of its bigeye tuna catch to US...
23 September 2015
Ikea: The Unlikely Global Leader In Sustainable Seafood
Despite being famous for its Scandinavian-style flat pack furniture, Ikea, the world’s second largest homeware store, has...
23 September 2015
Why Young Americans Aren’t Buying Canned Tuna
Young Americans, known as the millennial generation make up around 24 percent of the US population, and according to Jan Tharp,...
21 September 2015
Food Processors Expected To Drive TU Q3 Profits
Thai Union has announced that it expects this year’s third quarter revenue and net profit to be higher than that of the second...
21 September 2015
WWF Reports “Catastrophic" Tuna Stocks Decline
A new report released recently by the WWF has revealed a “catastrophic” decline in tuna populations, estimating overall stocks to...
18 September 2015
Your Opinion: Should We Expect A Growth Of US "Tuna Like" Imports?
A trend which has been gaining exposure in recent weeks is the growth of US importers purchasing “tuna like” species such as...
16 September 2015
Price-Fixing Lawsuits Reach New Milestone
Following the filing of two new complaints against the US Big 3 tuna brands, the number of price-fixing lawsuits now stacks up to...
14 September 2015
No Ease In El Niño This Winter
With El Niño now well established in the Pacific region, NOAA has released a new forecast, predicting that the current weather...
14 September 2015
Venezuelan Crisis Hitting Hard On Ecuador Industry
The impact of economic and industry crisis in Venezuela has rippled out of the nation, and is even hitting Ecuadorian exporters...
14 September 2015
Divided Opinions Over Catches During El Niño
Expected catch numbers during the El Niño are dividing opinion amongst local fishermen in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, with some...
13 August 2015
Spanish Canners Want Equal EU And US Import Tariffs
Aspiring to level the playing field across the Atlantic Ocean, Spanish tuna processors are calling for equal EU and US tariffs on...
23 July 2015
Kroger Apologizes For Inaccuracy On “ISSF Certification”
After reaching out to its consumers on the basis that its canned tuna private label is “ISSF certified”, making it the “best of...
09 June 2015
What’s Causing The EPO/BKK Skipjack Price Gap?
As the Bangkok skipjack price edges up after rock bottom levels, the Manta market has been bucking the trend of the global...
09 June 2015
Battle On WTO Dolphin-Safe Ruling Enters Next Stage
Just as a dolphin-safe fueled debate between the US and Mexico appeared to be drawing to a conclusion, the US has now appealed...
22 May 2015
TUF Wants A Bigger Slice Of Brazil’s Tuna Market
In an effort to get a bigger cut of a market that is dominated by local processors and Ecuadorian products, Thai authorities,...
