UK retailer Tesco, has announced that it will be fully eliminating plastic from multi-pack canned products including tuna effective March 2. The supermarket stated that the cans will be...
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Thai Union SEALECT Tuna Launches 5 New Flavors
Thai Union’s SEALECT Tuna has partnered with Pa Waen, a well-known local brand for Thai mixed chili paste, to launch five new flavors – galangal, turmeric, bird’s eye chili, pepper, and...
Greenpeace Calls On FCF To Guarantee Legal Bumble Bee Products
Right on the heels of the news that FCF was cleared to buy the US tuna giant Bumble Bee, Greenpeace is calling on the Taiwanese company to assure American consumers that its products are 100...
Judge Approves Bumble Bee’s Sale To FCF
A US bankruptcy district judge has given the conditional go-ahead for the sale of tuna company Bumble Bee to Taiwanese trader, FCF, for about USD 930 million, stating that the sales process...
All Atlantic Albacore Stocks Are Doing Well
Atlantic albacore is not overfished according to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The RFMO's scientific report states that the stocks in the North...
NZ: High Underreporting For Non-Observer Longliner Trips
Fishers on non-observed longliner fishing trips targeting migratory species such as tuna appear to be failing to report non-fish bycatch. This is according to the Annual Review Report for...
Maximizing Tuna Catches In The Short-Term Is Detrimental
The efficiency of modern purse seining becomes a disadvantage when only short-term economic gain is the dominant driver on how much we can take from the ocean. This is the critical and...
MSC Certification Of Dongwon Longline Fishery Divided
The public draft report covering the assessment for the MSC certification of Dongwon’s Pan Pacific longline fishery is now available for stakeholders to comment on. Those who wish to submit...
Tuna Rooms Found In Archaeological Remains In Spain
In Spain, two archaeological excavations carried out in the town of Estepona, in the province of Málaga, have revealed the remains of rooms used to process tuna from about 2,000 years ago. The...
72 Days With Reduced Supply Has Shot Manta Price Up
In Manta, trading activity recommencing after the Christmas/New Year break has shown an increase in the skipjack price. The shortage in tuna caused by the 72-day IATTC fishing ban for purse...
WWF Opposes Japanese Bluefin Fishery MSC Certification
The Usufuku Honten fishery is getting close to becoming the first bluefin fishery to be MSC certified. However, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has formally objected to the certification saying...
Bumble Bee Bonuses To Top 3 Execs Will Be Considered At Sale Hearing
A US bankruptcy judge approved all Bumble Bee’s bonuses and incentives programs for its top performing employees. However, she refused any payments to three high ranking unidentified...
P&P Profits On The Rise
In 2018, the profit and turnover of Dutch fishing company Parlevliet & van der Plas (P&P) continued to grow. However, the dividends paid to the shareholders were less than those in...
Cash Rich FCF Robust Enough To Shoulder USD 930 Million For The Bee
Taiwanese tuna trader FCF is in a healthy position to purchase Bumble Bee, according to the company’s declaration in the US bankruptcy court in Delaware. This comes on the heels of the trader...
Encounter New Innovative Technologies At The Americas Tuna Conference
The latest on fishing data and packaging technology will be displayed at the the third edition of Atuna’s Americas Tuna Conference, taking place in Panama in just two weeks. Maxar Marine...
Townspeople Cut Up Balfegó Bluefin Washed Up On Shore
One farm belonging to Spanish bluefin company Balfegó was hit by the Gloria storm, which also has claimed the lives of at least five people since it started last Sunday. The affected facility...
Port Lincoln To Celebrate Tuna Fishery In Australia
Port Lincoln is gearing up for this year’s Tunarama Festival, which will run for four days starting January 24. Some of the highlights of the festival include the World Championship Tuna Toss,...
EPO Veda Prevents Harvesting Potentially Over 100,000 M/T Of Tuna
This week the 148 purse seiners that took part in the second veda in the EPO left port to resume their tuna fishing activities after the closure period ended on January 19. The ban was...
StarKist Requests More Time In Dolphin-Safe Case
StarKist and its parent company, Dongwon, have asked for an extension in their deadlines in order to respond to an amended complaint that plaintiffs have brought against the two in a...
Chicken Of The Sea Should Pay More Says Judge
A US district judge has denied a deal between tuna company Chicken of Sea and a class of commercial food preparers over price-fixing of canned tuna in the country stating that...
