The US Big Three has filed an emergency motion asking the Ninth Circuit to halt some district proceedings until its appeal for class certification is resolved. The tuna companies claimed that...
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Lischewski’s Sentencing To Set Precedent For Meat Price-Fixing Cases
The upcoming sentencing for Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee, may set the precedent on other antitrust cases against chief executives in the meat industry that the US Department of...
Be The Change, Protect Our Oceans
Today is World Oceans Day, an annual event to honor the role oceans play in our daily lives and how marine environments need to be protected to safeguard the planet for all its inhabitants....
Canada Albacore Fishery Deemed Fit To Keep MSC Logo
The final draft report about the re-assessment of the Canada Highly Migratory Species Foundation (CHMSF) for albacore has been published. SAI Global, the certifier overseeing the process has...
Global Tuna Imports Growing Faster Than Population
The world's market for imports of pre-cooked loins and canned tuna has massively grown in the last five years. During this period, the trading of this fish's commodities reached its pinnacle...
Spanish Side With Indonesians In Condemning Chinese Over Crew Deaths
Not long after the Spanish Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), denounced the mistreatment and deaths of Indonesian fishermen on board Chinese vessels, the...
South-East Taiwan Bluefin Catches Quintuples
So far this year, Taiwanese fishermen have reported a surge in bluefin catches of at least five times that of 2019 in its entirety. The Xingang District Fisherman's Association in Taitung...
Celebrating World Oceans Day
Another four more days before the people across the globe get to celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8. This event not only honors the role of the oceans in everyday life but is also...
PNA Orders Seiner Owners To Get Remaining Observers Home
Early this week, the PNA Office sent a circular expressing its deep concern for observers amid the COVID-19 crisis and ordered all purse seiner operators and companies to repatriate the...
Vietnam Stepping Up Measures To Combat Illegal Fishing
Vietnam has been taking various measures across its provinces in order to fight IUU fishing so that it can have the yellow card that it still holds from the EU removed. Recently, in the Binh...
Coronavirus Dampens North Pacific Albacore Season Expectations
The 2020 North Albacore season will be starting in June but amidst the coronavirus crisis, some industry people are wondering how the fishing and the selling of this tuna will go. Wayne...
Dutch And German Re-Exporters Dominate Austrian Market
Businesses for imported product in the Austrian canned tuna sector declined in 2019, right after it had peaked the previous year. The volatility of the Dutch re-exporters’ deliveries is the...
FIA In PNG Defies WCPFC Decision To Halt Observers During COVID-19
The Fishing Industry Association (FIA) of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has condemned WCPFC's move to temporarily suspend or waive the 100 percent observer coverage on board tuna purse seiners. In an...
Final Round: Lischewski Fights DOJ’s Bid For 10-Year Sentence
In a final push against public prosecutors’ call for former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, to serve 10 years in prison for price-fixing shelf-stable tuna, defense urged a California...
EU Adds Hundreds Of Millions To Fisheries Recovery Plan
The European Commission (EC) continues to lend a helping hand to the fishery and aquaculture sectors, just like it did in the first stages of the crisis. As European countries are starting to...
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“Perfect Storm” Hits Global Yellowfin Prices
The drop in foodservice demand due to the global pandemic and a significant increase in yellowfin catches in the WCPO have led to a “perfect storm” in prices for this tuna across global...
WWF: Controversial Certification May Cast Doubt On MSC Credibility
The objection process in the controversial Atlantic bluefin MSC certification has officially concluded. The parties involved pled their cases during the two-day hearings, and now, the decision...
FFA President Says “People Factor” Key In Fighting IUU Fishing
In a recent Chatham House International Forum on IUU fishing, FFA’s Director-General, Dr. Manu Tupou-Roosen, presented a keynote speech on the human elements of IUU fishing and how this is...
Ghanaian Youth Threatened To Set Fire To IUU Fishing Tuna Boats
Fishers in a municipality in the Volta region of Ghana have warned tuna fishing vessels engaging in illegal fishing to stay away. Artisanal fishers at the Vodza Landing Beach (LBC) in Keta are...
