The rise in canned tuna demand on the Italian market outperformed the rest of the EU last year, and major firms in the country expect growth to continue. More purchases from Italian importers...
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Million Dollar Wastewater Plant Opens At TU’s Seychelles Cannery
The Indian Ocean Tuna Limited (IOT) factory has announced it will start using its new wastewater treatment plant this week. The facility, which cost majority owners Thai Union almost USD 10...
Seychelles Plans Smarter Use Of Tuna Seiner Bycatch
The Seychelles government is looking to implement a Bycatch Management Policy, which would more strongly regulate the landing of bycatch species caught by tuna purse seiners. An Indian Ocean...
Japanese Group Wants RFMOs To Get Stricter On IMO Numbers
A Japanese NGO has called for all tuna RFMOs to require vessels, including those with a gross tonnage that is below 100, to have unique vessel identification numbers, which can now be issued...
Alliance Exec: DOJ Ruling Will Not Impact Operations
Philippine tuna canner, Alliance Select Foods International, believes the Department of Justice’s recent order, for prosecutors to file ‘estafa’ charges against the company’s executives, is an...
Increased Free-School Supply A Threat To P&L Demand?
Purse seiners are delivering increased volumes of free-school catch to Bangkok and thus more tuna caught using this method is available to canners and ultimately the market. We want to know...
Most Think Non-Entangling FADs Won’t Reduce Shark Deaths
More than half of industry members believe non-entangling FADs will not reduce shark mortality on a large scale, according to our recent poll. This is despite the concept, first introduced by...
Tuna For Pets Nearly Double The Price Of Human Alternatives
Treats for pets are costing owners considerably more than the price of foods for human consumption, a new comparison has shown, sometimes as much as seven times the amount. It has been found...
BB Handed DOJ 1.2m Pages In Price Fixing Investigation
A new court order states Bumble Bee gave US Department of Justice (DOJ) officials 1.2 million pages of documents within a criminal probe into price fixing on the canned tuna market. This was...
Lischewski Off The Hook In Price Fixing Civil Case
Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, will not be added as a defendant in the civil litigation of the US canned tuna price fixing case, a US judge has ruled. In an order from the court seen by...
Alliance Select Execs Face Criminal ‘Estafa’ Charges
The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended prosecutors file an ‘estafa’ case against the tuna firm Alliance Select’s Board of Directors, related to the company’s treatment of...
WCPFC Compliance Scheme A ‘Burden’ For Small Island Nations
A Compliance Monitoring Scheme (CMS) under the WCPFC has been argued as placing “disproportionate burden” on small island nations. The scheme, which includes all WCPFC members, ranging from...
Mercury-Testing Brand Expands, Launches Seasoned Tuna Pouches
The US brand, Safe Catch, which claims to test every fish for mercury levels, has launched new products including seasoned tuna pouches and ahi canned tuna. The expansion of its...
PNG Opens Tuna Testing Centre To Boost Successful EU Exports
A national food testing and monitoring center has been opened at the University of Technology in Morobe, Papua New Guinea. Tuna companies in the country will now have the opportunity to have...
EU: “Legal Deficiencies” Keep Thailand Yellow Carded
Deficiencies regarding legal and administrative systems to fight IUU fishing, which have not been fully addressed by the government, are keeping Thailand at a yellow card status with the...
South Korean Seiners Switch Up EEZ Operations In WCPO
During the first quarter of 2018, the South Korean fleet continued to show its strong presence in the WCPO as one of the main distant water fishing nation’s operating in these tuna-rich...
Slow Supply Pushes Bangkok SKJ Price Up Further
With no significant increase in raw material skipjack supply reaching Bangkok on carriers, the price in the Thai capital has inched up again, with another USD 50 per ton being paid by packers....
Algerian-Flagged “Tuna Longliner” Missing Off Tunisian Coast
A vessel described as a “tuna longliner” has been reported as missing following its failure to return to port. The vessel is said to have issued its last signal just less than 10 days ago and...
Experts To Study Bluefin Return To UK Waters
The THUNNUS UK project has been launched to provide a baseline understanding of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the waters of the British Isles. UK-based University of Exeter, one of the...
Processors Get Next Millions From PNG Rebate Scheme
PNG based tuna processors are expected to get rebates amounting to just over USD 3 million for the month of February, due to the extent of domestic production that has been seen. This is up...
