In the UK market, a canned tuna price war is taking place between retail market leaders and the discounter Aldi. So, while supermarkets are very outspoken about improving the management of the...
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Venezuelan’s President Front Man Laundered Millions Of Dollars Via Canned Tuna Imports
A member of the National Assembly of Ecuador has stated that Alex Saab laundered around USD 300 million for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro through imports such as canned tuna from...
Omicron Pushes WTO Negotiations On Harmful Fisheries Subsidies To 2022
Negotiations on harmful fisheries subsidies by the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been postponed until next year. The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) which was to take place in...
Filipino Artists Hold Concert To Raise Money For Tuna Fishing Communities
Well-known Filipino artists have teamed up with WWF Philippines for a three-night virtual concert, “Holiday Serenade”, to raise money for 21 tuna fishing communities in Lagonoy Gulf and...
Most IUU Fishing In WCPO Due To Seiners’ Captains Misreporting
The annual volume of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) tuna in the WCPO has dropped over the past decade, according to the latest Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) report....
EU Operation In Somalia Tackling IUU Fishing After Anti-Piracy Success
As the piracy problem in the Horn of Africa is well under control thanks to the EU NavFor Operation Atalanta project, the initiative can now place more resources into putting a stop to IUU...
Global NGO Gets USD 1.9 Mil To Improve Sustainable Tuna Work In Northeast Asia
International non-profit Ocean Outcomes has received a three-year USD 1.9 million investment to scale up its sustainable tuna longlining initiatives across Northeast Asia. It had previously...
EU Bought Less WR Tuna In Q3, Philippines Business Almost Completely Disappeared
The amount of frozen whole round tuna delivered to the EU during the first three quarters (Q3) of the year was the lowest in five years. The extremely poor yellowfin deliveries pushed down the...
Buyers Deny StarKist Allegation That Judge Had Conflicts Of Interest In Tuna MDL
Counsel for plaintiffs in the multi-district lawsuit (MDL) over tuna price-fixing in the US has told a Californian Appeals Court that District Judge Jannis L. Sammartino did not break judicial...
Stagnant Trade Causes Seychelles Prices To Remain Fixed
The tuna trade in Seychelles has come to a temporary standstill. All commercial vessels have stopped fishing and only a few Spanish-flagged seiners will resume operations at the end of...
OPAGAC Close To Resolving WCPO Objection, But Got Another One In Atlantic
The consultation period for the objection submitted against the OPAGAC MSC assessment in the WCPO was scheduled to end last week. However, the independent adjudicator has extended it until...
WCPFC Extends At-Sea Transshipments Measure Until March 2022
The WCPFC will be extending the provisional measures temporarily allowing at-sea transshipments for purse seiners and the suspension of observer coverage for these vessels until March 15,...
Maldivian Fishermen Demand Better Yellowfin Prices
Last week, the Maldives fishermen from the Bodu Kanneli Masverige Union (BKMU) held a rally to voice their concerns about yellowfin fishing in the country. They are asking for better value for...
Vietnam Tuna Shipments To The Middle East On The Rise
The volume of tuna being shipped to the Middle East from Vietnam has strongly increased and is positioned as a bright prospect for future trades. According to the Vietnam Association of...
Princes Partners With EDM For Bioplant, To Use Waste From Tuna Processing
International food and drink group, Princes, has partnered with a new bioplant venture, which is set to reduce carbon emissions from its Mauritius tuna processing sites by 8,650 M/T per...
Stock Exchanges Make No Effort To Detect IUU Fishing By Listed Firms
The non-profit financial think tank, Planet Tracker, recently released a report that claims that some publicly listed companies undertake IUU fishing. It also states that a number of the...
Cocos MPA Expansion Going Ahead Despite Fishers’ Opposition
The expansion of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area (ACMC) in the Costa Rican EEZ is moving forward despite strong opposition from the tuna fishing sector. In early November, the Ministry of...
US Tuna Fishers Want Homeland Security To Get More Involved With Pacific Islands
The outcome of negotiations at last week's WCPFC meeting was a great disappointment for US tuna fishing companies. Now they are urging the US government to embrace a new geopolitical strategy...
StarKist vs US Govt: Judge Unimpressed With “Minced” Tuna Definition For Pouches
StarKist and the US government were at each other's throats again over high duties that the company has to pay for its tuna salad lunch pouches. One of the judges at the US Appeals court...
Subway Wants Plaintiffs Penalized For “Irresponsible” Tuna Lawsuit
Subway has once again asked a Californian federal court to throw out a lawsuit alleging that it is misleading customers about the tuna in its sandwiches. The fast-food chain argued that...
