The consultation period after objections to OPAGAC’s Atlantic Ocean fishery's recommendation for MSC certification has not resulted in any agreement between the parties and is now heading for...
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Thai Union’s Founder & Chairman Chansiri Fined For Insider Trading
The global tuna sector has been rocked by the announcement that some Thai Union executives and its Chairman, Kraisorn Chansiri, for being involved in insider trading. A Thai regulator has said...
La Niña Expected To Continue Into Summer
Scientists are predicting that the La Niña phenomenon will continue in the coming months, even into summer. The latest report by the Ecuadorian National Chamber of Fisheries (CNP)...
How Much Progress Did GTA Partners Make On Their Tuna Sourcing Pledges?
The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) has published the first annual review of its 5-year tuna commitment strategy analyzing the progress made by its partners. On average, they had the highest...
Major Global Tuna Highlights March 2022
In March, the Russian-Ukraine war further exacerbated disruptions in the global supply chains. The higher fuel costs not only forced boat owners to enforce higher prices for their tuna catches...
Jealsa Installed Hopper To Reduce Shark Mortality
The Spanish fleet has been working on innovations that reduce its activities' impact on the environment and increase its sustainability. Boiro-based tuna fishing and processing company,...
EU Carding Scheme To Fight IUU Very Successful
The EU anti-IUU "yellow and red carding scheme", which has been in force since 2010, has led to real and tangible progress in improving fisheries governance in four carded countries, according...
US Court Upholds 35% Tax On StarKist Tuna-In-Mayo Items
StarKist did not win its appeal for lowering tariffs on its tuna-in-mayo imports after a US appellate court found that the company’s tuna was chunky with pieces of varying sizes, and not...
Chris Lischewski Escapes Price-Fixing Claims In Kansas State
A California federal judge has axed tuna pricing-fixing claims brought by a Kansas-based wholesale grocer against Chris Lischewski, the former CEO of Bumble Bee, stating that he lacks ties to...
Bumble Bee Says It Is Rigorously Pushing For Worker Protection
Bumble Bee Seafoods was recently hit with a lawsuit over its marketing claims about the “fair and safe supply chain” for its tuna, and was challenged regarding human rights and labor issues....
Tuna Production Will Have To Become Circular: EU’s Green Deal
Sustainable and circular products should become the norm in the European Union (EU), according to the Green Deal package that was presented yesterday by the European Commission. The new...
30 Of FSF’s Taiwanese Longliners Start Route Towards Sustainability
Taiwanese food service company Fue Shin Fishery Ltd.(FSF) and the NGO Ocean Outcomes (O2) are jointly starting two fishery improvements projects (FIPs) to improve the environmental oversight...
Japan Reprimands IOTC For Disclosing Confidential Information
The Japanese government was not amused that the IOTC Secretariat provided confidential information on transshipments involving the country's flagged vessels to an NGO without its consent or...
Bumble Bee Faces Lawsuit Over Forced Labor Claims
Bumble Bee Seafood has been hit yet again with another lawsuit but this time for false and deceptive marketing claims that the company sources its tuna through a “fair and safe supply chain”....
Italian Canners Switching More To Cheaper Skipjack Loins
EU processors took in record volumes of frozen pre-cooked loins in 2021 and there were almost equal amounts of skipjack and yellowfin bags that were shipped to various destinations. Italian...
Tuna Vessel Caught Fire During Maintenance
On March 24, a tuna vessel caught fire during maintenance at a shipyard in Busan, South Korea. The ten people working on deck and the one worker inside the vessel came out all unharmed. The...
Seiner Captain’s Income Breaks USD 1 Million Barrier
Korean purse seine captain, Jeong Hwan-seok, last year earned a record high KRW 1.3 billion (USD 1.07 million) breaking the million-dollar barrier for the first time, so far as known. He...
Filipino Seiners’ Catches Dropped In 2021
Philippine-flagged vessels netted nearly 12 percent less tuna and tuna-like species in 2021, indicating a downward trend in the catches of these fishes in the past three years, according to...
Thai Union’s Growth Lies In Healthy Innovations
Thai Union’s growth in 2022 will be mainly driven by its food segments --canned, frozen, and chilled seafood and by its pet food and pet care products. Its future development potential is...
Has EU Demand For Pre-Cooked Loins Reached Its Ceiling?
After years of increasing their intake of pre-cooked loins, EU canners' demand in 2021 seems to have reached a plateau, positioned nearly at the same level as in the previous year. Despite...
