The Marine Stewardship Council(MSC) appointed five new members for its MSC Board of Trustees. Giles Bolton, the Responsible Sourcing Director for Tesco...
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HEB US Retailer Updates Seafood Sustainability Policies
The supermarket chain HEB, based in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., is enhancing its partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The retailer is increasing its...
Ex-Princes CEO To Market “Vegan Tuna” In Europe
Mike Easterbrook, ex-CEO of Mitsubishi-owned Princes in the UK will join North Carolina, US-based Atlantic Natural Foods, the producers of “vegan tuna”, as...
StarKist Follows Thai Union And Settles On Price Fixing With Target
Dongwon-owned StarKist has reached another settlement, this month with Target Corp., Sysco, and US Foods regarding the price fixing claim for canned tuna. This latest agreement comes...
Lowest-Paying Middle East Market, Main Destination For Thai Canners
While the United States of America continues to be the main destination for canned tuna from Thailand, Middle Eastern countries have shown a growth in appetite for tuna in 2018....
Judge Denied Trader Joe’s Settlement In Underfilling Case
A deal amounting to USD 1.3 million is now off the table after a California federal judge denied preliminary approval of the said settlement between US retailer Trader Joe’s and a group of...
Pacific Catalyst Partners With Uni To Improve Fisheries Management
A new website called PacificCatalyst.org was launched yesterday by the Fiji-based consortium Pacific Catalyst, in collaboration with the University of the South Pacific (USP). ...
Electronic Monitoring Reduces Misreporting By Captains, Study Finds
The Australian study about Electronic Monitoring (EM) was posted late last month in the Marine Policy journal, the leading journal of ocean policy studies. Australian fishermen are...
Princes Invests USD 6.5 M Into Refreshing Brand
Food and drinks group Princes has launched a complete rebrand across their entire range of products – including their selection of canned tuna products. A total of GBP 5 M (USD 6.5M)...
All PNA Tuna Stocks Are Healthy, Reports SPC
At the annual meeting of Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) in Palau, scientists working with the Pacific Community (SPC) reported that tuna stocks in Western and Central Pacific are all in...
Soft Demand Leads To Price Drops For Japanese Bigeye Imports
The average price of Japanese imports of frozen bigeye from Taiwanese exporters have dropped from USD 824 in December 2018 to USD 799 in January 2019, representing a 3 percent drop in just one...
Tuna Now Featured In Superfoods For Pets
Various pet product brands have diversified to include tuna pet food lines. Redbarn recently launched its grain-free, high-protein wet cat food containing various tuna recipes:...
Starkist Debuts Tuna Ice Cream For April Fool’s
Hot Buffalo Style Tuna Ice Cream was announced to be available yesterday on the company’s official Facebook page. The cold treat was said to be made with wild-caught tuna and topped with “a...
Soy Additives “Insignificant,” Says Grupomar President
Grupomar President Antonio Suarez Gutierrez, ownerof some of the brands in the highly debated study, has stated that the detection of soy additives in their products is “insignificant”...
Indonesian Presidential Runner Focuses On “Resource Nationalism”
Two Presidential candidates in Indonesia are seeking amendments and reinforcements to the fishing regulations in order to maximize the country’s fishing resources, an...
Maldives Tuna Industry In Period of Strong Recovery
Fish purchases in the Maldives have registered a significant growth of 91 percent during the last quarter of 2018. The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) reported the amount of tuna...
Poll: What Do You Think Should Be The Basis For Sustainability Claims For Canned Tuna?
A debate on claims of sustainability in canned tuna, particularly in the Netherlands, was recently sparked due to a newly-launched Dutch website called www.stopfoutetonijn.nu (Stop Wrong...
Major Tuna Business Headlines In March
Tuna prices rose in conjunction with the expected El Niño effects. Following a series of negotiations in February, more settlements in the USA were reached this month...
Profit Is Main Motive Behind Soy Additives Scandal, According To Poll
After some tuna brands were exposed in Mexico for adding high percentages of soy additives to their brands, some experts believe that the dwindling supply of tuna catches may be...
Tax Money Spent On Tuna Sandwich Thrower
Activist Avery Ng was first convicted of assault in 2017 for trying to throw a tuna fish sandwich at the former Chief Executive of the City of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying. Recently a court...
