A former senior executive at Bumble Bee and key witness for the US government was grilled by Chris Lischewski’s defense counsel, who accused the testifier of being motivated by...
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Will Yellow Card Obstruct Ecuador’s MSC Ambitions?
The EU yellow card for Ecuador’s lack of prevention for illegal fishing activities will not hinder TUNACONS' ambition to achieve MSC certification, said its Director, Guillermo Moran,...
¿Puede la tarjeta amarilla obstaculizar la certificación MSC de Ecuador?
Guillermo Morán, Gerente de la organización de armadores ecuatorianos TUNACONS, subirá al escenario como orador de la 3ª Conferencia...
High Canned Tuna Prices & Less Orders By German Market
German canned tuna imports experienced a fall in the first half of this year, mainly due to a drop in deliveries coming from outside the EU. The country's canned tuna retail...
Maltese Bluefin Farming Sector Sees Growth
Despite the sea slime controversy that had put Malta’s aquaculture industry in the spotlight, the sector grew by almost a fifth last year with a total output of EUR 239.2 million (USD 265...
Spanish Seiners Overcatching Yellowfin Shows IOTC Draft Report
Spanish purse seiners caught more than their allocated share of yellowfin in the Indian Ocean in 2018 - a stock that is already red-rated. Atuna managed to look into a draft...
Ghana Cannot Close All Fishing Seasons At Once
A US agency has called for a mandatory closing of the fishing season for all fleets operating in Ghana’s waters at the same time, regardless of their target species....
Vietnamese Tuna Supplier Refuses Recall After US Histamine Outbreak
The investigation regarding an ongoing outbreak of histamine poisoning from tuna in the US has led the FDA to block all yellowfin imports from a Vietnamese company after it was identified as...
Work For India Tuna Harbor Continues As Scheduled
The work for the new tuna fishing harbor in Tiruvottiyur Kuppam in Chennai, India, is progressing as scheduled. Currently, drivers in the Ennore...
BREAKING NEWS: Bankruptcy Bumble Bee Expected Within Days
Bumble Bee Foods, US's largest seafood company is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within days and put itself on the market for sale, reported the Wall Street...
WTPO Sees Buying Less VDS Days As Crisis Solution
In their meeting on the crisis of the Bangkok skipjack price, the members present at the World Tuna Purse seine Organization (WTPO) meeting in Manila agreed on...
NGOs Want ICCAT To Reduce Bigeye & Yellowfin Catches
Next week the ICCAT commission will meet in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to discuss the fisheries situation in the Atlantic Ocean (AO). The RFMO will work on the future steps to guarantee...
Major Shift In Plankton Affecting Tuna
The ratio of carbon isotopes in three common species of tuna has changed significantly since 2000, due to major shifts in phytoplankton populations in the oceans, says a new study. ...
Brits Bought More Frozen Tuna, But Less Seafood Overall
In general, the Brits bought less seafood, including tuna, in the last year across major retail stores across the country, according to a latest Nielsen ScanTrack data. But shoppers...
Pacific IUU Surveillance Sights 646 Vessels
Fifteen Pacific nations recently participated in the annual Operation Kurukuru, a 12-day multinational coordinated regional maritime surveillance exercise targeting IUU fishing in the...
NOAA’s New International Affairs And Seafood Inspection Director
The US-based agency, NOAA, has appointed a new Director for its Fisheries’ Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection. Alexa Cole, who has held...
Seychelles’ Prices Not Following Bangkok Crash
The Seychelles market for yellowfin and skipjack is trying to hold its balance as prices in Bangkok are crashing through the floor. Nevertheless, skipjack prices did...
Dutch Imports Of PNG Tuna Cut By Half
In the Netherlands, during the first half of 2019 (H1), buyers' demand for canned tuna products remained stable year-on-year. Dutch deliveries for this period last year suffered a small drop...
Attorney General Proud Of Win Over Albacora
Earlier this year, the international arbitration between the Spanish tuna fishing company, Albacora, and the Ecuadorian government over tax charges came to an end...
Key Witness: I Lied To FBI About US Tuna Price-Fixing
A former StarKist executive has admitted to jurors that he initially lied to the FBI about his role in criminal price-fixing of canned tuna in the US. Steven Hodge, ex-Senior Vice...
