The Calvo Group will roll out a four-year program designed to discover new technologies, and aimed at streamlining production processes in its main tuna plant in Spain. The ‘Calvo System of...
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PNG Teams 6th Pacific Tuna Forum With Brand New Expo
PNG will be the place to be for the tuna business in September, when its capital will host the biennial 6th Pacific Tuna Forum (PTF) as well as the first ever Pacific Seafood & Technology...
Industry Concerned Over IUU In US Market
The consistent growth of tuna-like product reaching the US market to be sold as Chunk Light, is leading to serious concern over the source of this fish, and the possibility that a significant...
US Brand Widely Expands Product Portfolio
A niche tuna brand on the US market, Safe Catch, has extended its canned product range substantially to include more flavors. The barely two-year old company is following in the tracks of...
Iron Lady Sounds Alarm On Human Trafficking
With the backing of her central government, Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister, Susi Pudjiastuti, is seeking to cultivate international consensus on fighting IUU fishing, by linking it to the...
US Fleet Buys Extra Fishing Days In Cook’s EEZ
The US tuna purse seine fleet has secured a package of 100 fishing days in Pacific island waters, striking a deal with the Cook Islands’ government for access to its zone. It has been stated...
PNG Gears Up For Bigger Than Ever World Tuna Day
The first country to ever honor World Tuna Day, Papua New Guinea, is preparing for this year’s even bigger celebrations on May 2nd, just six weeks away. The festivities will be the first to be...
Concern Over Low WCPO Catch Rising
A return to near-average ocean temperatures in the Western Pacific has led to a situation of lower catch rates, a partly filled supply pipeline, and less carrier vessels heading to Bangkok;...
US Fleet Presses For Bigger Domestic Fishing Grounds
An extension of US fishing grounds in domestic waters around the Pacific islands is being called for by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac), which wants to ease...
Cook Islanders Push For Total FAD Ban
The Cook Islands’ government has agreed to establish a 50 nautical mile exclusion zone, which will guard against foreign commercial fishing and seabed mining in part of the nation’s EEZ. It...
Taiwan Prosecutes To Prove Battle Against IUU
Taiwan is illustrating its serious stance against IUU fishing, and with the help of a newly installed monitoring system, is slapping a hefty fine on a domestic-flagged tuna longliner, caught...
TU Lets Consumers Decide Where To Spend Its Cash
Thai Union-owned Mareblu has launched a new campaign that allows its customers to “donate a click” and vote towards an environmental cause, which the brand will then give money to. Titled...
FAD & Free-School Mixture Disputed In Echebastar MSC
Initial stakeholder comments published on the pilot MSC assessment of Spanish firm Echesbastar, reveal some very differing opinions on the pursuit for sustainable certification for both...
Balfegó Opens Gastronomic Bluefin Experience
Balfegó Group, one of Spain’s main fresh tuna exporters, is offering consumers a brand new experience through the opening of a world first bluefin space in Barcelona next week. The showroom...
WTPO: US Fleet Ocean Switching Fully Legit
The switching of US-flagged seiners between the Eastern and Western Pacific is a legitimate way for fleets to ensure their economic survival, and is not an issue in terms of conservation, says...
StarKist Targets Millennials With New Hot Pouches
US tuna firm StarKist is further expanding its line of tuna pouches, a segment which has been growing in the country in recent years. The new products are set to attract the changing taste...
Chinese Firm Attempts Tuna Brand Counterfeit
Chinese manufacturers have allegedly counterfeited the packaging of over 2,000 cases of canned tuna. Officials in Guyana have seized the import which they say had attempted to replicate the...
Australia Celebrates Sustainable Seafood Day
Australians are set to celebrate the annual festivity of Sustainable Seafood Day on March 31st, in a country which has shown forward thinking on ocean conservation, and boasts the most...
Global Firms Urge RFMOs To Act On HCRs & FAD Advice
A list of 83 global companies and organizations have signed a call-to-action letter addressed to tuna RFMOs, urging the adoption of a number of key sustainability policies, including HCRs and...
Trader Joe’s Wants Tuna Underfilling Case Scrapped
Trader Joe’s has urged a California court judge to dismiss a proposed consumer class action that accuses the US retailer of substantially underfilling cans of tuna, and cheating shoppers in...
