In Costa Rica, volunteers aiming to present a request to the government for better surveillance of purse seiner fishing in the country’s waters have already collected thousands...
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Filipino Fishers To Earn Blockchain Tokens For Their Tuna
Fishermen in Philippines can soon earn a peso-backed stablecoin from a blockchain-based fish traceability pilot program called Tracey. The initiative aims to facilitate sustainable...
Thai Processors Absorbed Less Raw Material In Q3
The imports of frozen tuna raw material in Thailand continued its decline in the third quarter of 2019 (Q3) and the figures showed an overall depression year-on-year. ...
NFI & ISSF React On Conviction Of Their Ex-Chair Lischewski
Long before a federal jury found Chris Lischewski guilty of price-fixing US canned tuna, he was the Chair of important seafood organizations, specifically NFI and ISSF....
Bangkok Skipjack Holding At Depressed Level
The benchmark Bangkok tuna market SKJK1.8:BKK has temporarily stabilized, sources have said to Atuna. A limited demand from the domestic canning industry, the...
WCPFC 16 Key Priorities Include Proper Harvest Strategies
The 16th Regular Session of the WCPFC is beginning today and member nations, governmental organizations, NGOs, and other parties will be discussing numerous core issues that affect the...
Filipino And Indo Seiners Net More Juvenile Fish In WCPO
Small seiners in the domestic fisheries of Indonesia and Philippines catch more juvenile tuna with associated sets – skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye – compared to other countries, says a...
Complaints About Stench Of Pioneer Canning In Ghana
A member of the Ghanaian parliament is adamant about confronting a tuna cannery plant in his constituency due to the stench it produces, which extends for several kilometers. Daniel...
Canned Tuna Imports Regaining Momentum In North Africa
Being part of the increasingly interconnected world, the North African economies have been impacted by the global fluctuations in currencies. The constricted availability of the US dollar...
Panama’s Tuna Fleet Is Now Traceable Online
Panama has underlined the importance of monitoring vessels and transshipments by the release of its vessel tracking data via Global Fishing Watch (GFW). From now on, the activities of over 150...
Lischewski’s Counsel Wants To Appeal “Guilty” Verdict
The defense for the former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, said he was disappointed in the “guilty” verdict, which was handed out to the accused yesterday. On...
Ecuador Taking Action Against Yellow Card
Ecuador has already started to take action to rid itself of the EU yellow card for when the progress of the national fishery sector will be analyzed next April or May. One of the main...
RD Seiner Rescues Five After A Week Of Drifting
The crew of RD Fishing purse seiner Dolores 787 has rescued two adults and three children from a drifting banana boat at sea near PNG’s border with Micronesia. The unfortunate family was about...
BREAKING NEWS: Chris Lischewski Found Guilty For Price-Fixing
A Californian federal jury has found former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, guilty of price-fixing US canned tuna with competitors. The verdict comes after four weeks of a grueling trial...
End-Payors Refute StarKist’s Appeal Against Class Certification
US tuna company, StarKist had filed a motion for an immediate appeal of a class certification ruling in an anti-trust multi-district litigation (MDL) against the US Big...
Dolphin-Safe Lawsuit Will Stick To Bumble Bee’s Future Owner
A US District Court judge has denied the motion to dismiss the dolphin-safe lawsuit brought against Bumble Bee by a group of US consumers. On the other hand, he paused the...
US Jury Gives Verdict To Boustani In Mozambique Tuna Fraud Case
The USD 2 billion Mozambican tuna fraud trial in the US came to an end after a New York federal jury cleared Privinvest executive, Jean Boustani, of any conspiracy...
Bumble Bee’s Long Creditors List Includes Big Industry Names
After having filed for Chapter 11 a couple of weeks ago, Bumble Bee has now submitted to the US bankruptcy court for the District of Delaware a list of all its creditors....
Federal Jury Deliberating Over Lischewski’s Fate
The fate of Chris Lischewski, ex-CEO of Bumble Bee, is now in the hands of a federal Californian jury, which is currently deliberating after heated closing arguments from the DOJ and defense...
Clover Leaf & Connors Forced To File For Bankruptcy
Bumble Bee’s bankruptcy filing is dragging down its Canadian subsidiaries Clover Leaf and Connors Bros., forcing them to ask for bankruptcy protection. On November 22, the Canadian branch...
