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GLOBEFISH Quarterly Tuna Analysis - May 2026
25/05/2026

The three-month FAD fishing closure in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) ended in September 2025 but overall tuna catches have remained weak since then.

GLOBEFISH Quarterly Tuna Analysis - February 2026
16/03/2026

The popularity of higher-value tuna remains reasonably good in the global sashimi and non-sashimi tuna trade, with seasonal peaks for premium Atlantic and Pacific fresh bluefin

GLOBEFISH | Quarterly Tuna analysis - October 2025
10/12/2025

On average, tuna catches throughout 2025 have been holding steady in the Western and Central Pacific, the world’s largest tuna fishery, amid ongoing challenges such as the need for better management.

Key news
Global tuna market tightens as catches decline
29/08/2025

In comparison with the last quarter of 2024, January–March 2025 started with lower catches of tuna in the major fishing areas worldwide. Frozen skipjack prices recorded a rising trend, despite weaker demand for end-products in international trade, as well as from the large tuna canning industr...

Skipjack price dropped to USD 1 700 after staying high for a year
09/11/2023
Demand for frozen tuna, both whole and semi-processed, from tuna canners in South East Asia and Europe weakened during January-September 2023 affected by high prices of raw material and falling...
High tuna prices affected consumer demand for end products
18/09/2023
Global demand for frozen tuna raw material and end products  weakened during the first half of 2023 along with lower catches in the Pacific. Frozen tuna prices reached a five-year...