Former Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski, who has been indicted by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in the canned tuna price fixing case, has resigned from the board of American Seafoods. The...
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Vietnam’s US Exports Continue To Fall
Vietnamese tuna exports to the US market have continued to decline over the first half of the year, with the value of shipments dropping by 8.3 percent compared to the previous year. This fall...
Pacifical’s Ethereum Blockchain Platform Goes Live
Pacifical, the marketing arm of the PNA MSC tuna fishery, has announced the extension of its traceability platform, with the incorporation of a blockchain platform. Pacifical in collaboration...
Alliance Select Offers “Bay Of Gold” Tuna
Filipino canner Alliance Select has launched a new line of tuna products that it calls the “Bay of Gold Select Tuna”. The announcement of the new products comes after the firm reported strong...
Middle Eastern Heat Causes Prices To Shoot Up
Vendors in Oman have reported an increase in tuna prices as the volume of tuna making its way to the market has declined. With it being the summer period in the Middle Eastern country, warmer...
Canary Islands: Foreign FADs Are Luring Away Our Tuna
The government of the Canary Islands has called for an investigation into the impact of certain fishing practices carried out by foreign fleets. This is due to concerns that the use of FADs by...
Century Sees Robust Sales Growth Amid Higher Costs
Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF) reported its second-quarter financial results, posting a nine percent increase in earnings on a YoY basis. The earnings growth was driven primarily by a...
Tuna Farmers To Tackle Slime Problem
Four Maltese tuna farmers have declared that they will take a number of measures to reduce the waterborne leakage of waste from their bluefin farms. The operators have said they will place...
IN BRIEF: TU Expands Intl Team With Analyst
Thai Union’s Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods has hired a market analyst and Urner Barry reporter, Angel Rubio. His title at the firm will be Senior Category Manager and he will be responsible...
IN BRIEF: Mexico Plans 2 Month Fleet Shut Down
The Mexican purse seine fleet prepares for the 72 day closure period in which all of its 38 purse seiners will halt fishing operations. From November 9 thuntil January 19th, no Mexican seiner...
David & Goliath To Work On Chicken Of The Sea Brand
The creative agency David & Goliath will be working on the Chicken of the Sea brand to get it to “stand out from a sea of sameness”. It plans to revitalize the image of the company that...
Tuna Toss Gets “Life-Like” Makeover
The tuna tossing world championship at Port Lincoln’s ‘Tunarama’ festival has been given a makeover in time for next year’s competition. The tuna throwing event has been described by the...
Irish & Basque Fleets Fight Over Albacore
A greater presence of Irish vessels has “disturbed” Basque fishermen as they are finding it difficult to share the Spanish coasts and its Atlantic albacore, also known as ‘bonito del norte’...
Fight Between Tuna Workers Ends In Death
A fight broke out in a tuna factory in Papua New Guinea between two workers last week. The heated argument led to the ultimate death of one of the employees after he was allegedly slashed with...
PAFCO Set To Increase Production By 10% Each Year
The albacore processor PAFCO has opened its new coldstorage facility after a number of years in development. The Fijian firm has faced supply shortages in recent times but it expects the...
IN BRIEF: Japan To Propose Quota Increase
The Japanese government plans to propose a 15 percent raise in catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna. This is after scientists found there had been a slight increase in stock levels by 10...
Bycatch Data Source: Can It Make A Difference?
An interactive workshop was held in New Caledonia to showcase a new tool from the WCPFC that aims to help address the bycatch issue fisheries face. The Bycatch Management Information System...
Indonesia Tightens Import Regulations
The government of Indonesia has released a new regulation for its seafood imports in an attempt to better regulate what is coming into the country. Now only importers with certain licenses...
Yearly 10% Fleet Reduction To Address EPO Capacity
WWF US has completed a study on the methods to reduce fleet capacity in the Eastern Pacific tuna purse seine fishery and has provided the results to the IATTC. The NGO analyzes the economic...
Anti-Piracy HQ Moving To Spain After Brexit
The European Union has decided to move the headquarters of its anti-piracy mission, Atalanta, from London to the Spanish port of Rota once Britain officially leaves the EU. The mission will...
