Spanish tuna cannery Frinsa is the latest to enter the vegan market. It recently launched 12 new products under the FIISK brand made from pea protein. Interestingly, Frinsa has not marketed...
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Former Ecuadorian Senior Official Stands Trial For Illegal Deals With Albacora
Carlos Pólit, former Ecuadorian Comptroller General of State is accused of taking bribes from Spanish tuna company Albacora to “help with its pending tax matters with Ecuadorian authorities.”...
JBT Marel Corporation Inches Closer To Reality As Both Boards Approve Acquisition
US-based John Bean Technologies (JBT) announced on April 5 that it has executed a definitive transaction agreement to takeover Icelandic company Marel in a USD 3.6 billion (USD 3.9...
Liberia Asks To Continue As IOTC CNCP
Liberia requested the IOTC for permission to continue as a Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP) because it has reefer/carrier and support vessels flying its flag that transship tuna in the...
Spanish Canned Tuna Exports Remained Stable Despite Major Price Hike
Spanish canneries managed to maintain their business with EU and other international markets in 2023. This is noteworthy given that domestic sales of canned tuna dropped last year and...
FCF & EII Distance Themselves From Zhejiang Ocean Family After IUU Allegations
Recently, Zhejiang Ocean Family (ZOF) was put under the spotlight because some of its tuna longliners were accused by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) of IUU fishing, labor abuse,...
Spanish Court Orders Jealsa To Pay EUR 50,000 To Fired Worker
A Spanish court has ordered tuna processor Jealsa to pay EUR 50,000 (USD 54,000) as compensation for damages to one of its workers whom the company fired over accusations of “being late,...
ISSF Report Shows 10% Global Tuna Stocks Overfished
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) states that 86 percent of the total tuna catches worldwide come from stocks at ‘healthy’ levels. There was also a one percent...
Philippines And PNG Make Overtures For New Tuna Deal
The Philippines and Papua New Guinea (PNG) intend to expand their tuna trade. It will be the top priority for next year's 50th anniversary celebrations of diplomatic relations between both...
Dongwon To Expand Business With Aggressive Mergers
As of last week, Dongwon Group has a new Chairman, Kim Nam-jung. He took up the position that had been vacant since 2019 when his father and the company's founder Kim Jae-chul stepped down....
EU Canned Tuna Exports To Global Destinations Fell In 2023
EU canned tuna exports to global markets declined in 2023, especially the volumes sent to EU markets dropped by a large tonnage. EU processors delivered 269,154 tons of this product last year,...
Seiner Rescues Six Papua New Guineans Stuck At Sea For 37 Days
A Marshall Islands-flagged seiner ‘Lometo’ recently rescued six people who were left adrift in the Pacific Ocean after their small boat was swept away by bad weather. All of them were handed...
Korea Says Japanese Tuna Can Be Eaten Amid Fukushima Contamination Threat
Korea recently confirmed that its latest batch of imported skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye from Japan were radioactive-free. Korea, like many other fish-importing nations, has raised concerns...
American Samoa Determined To Protect Its EEZ From Chinese Tuna Boats
American Samoa recently alerted the US about Chinese vessels rampantly fishing for tuna in its EEZ. The US territory believes this is a threat because its economy relies largely on tuna,...
Andrew Choe Bumble Bee’s New CEO
Bumble Bee Seafoods announced Tuesday that Andrew Choe has been appointed CEO of the company effective April 1. He takes over the role from Bumble Bee Chair of the Board, Jerry Chou, who...
IO FAD Ban Will Have Long-Term Negative Effect On Seychelles’ Economy
The 72-day FAD closure in the Indian Ocean will lead to a downturn that can affect the economies of coastal states, according to a latest study by several authors from French Universities and...
Migrant Workers Lash Out At Taiwan Tuna Association Over Wi-Fi
A recent statement by a Taiwan Tuna Association (TTA) spokesperson explaining that Wi-Fi aboard tuna vessels would lead to less productivity has angered migrant workers, NGOs, and members of...
Massive Stranding Of EPO FADs In French Polynesia
A recently released Pacific Community (SPC) study shows the number of FADs stranded in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). The data reveals that over a thousand FADs deployed by...
EU Alerts Show High Histamine Cases
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported five tuna-related incidents from Italy and the Netherlands in March, mostly related to histamine. On March 13, Italian officials...
FiTI Pushes Kenya For A “Transparent And Sustainable” Tuna Fishery
The Kenyan tuna sector recently held a national management workshop in Mombasa. According to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), which was one of the participants, Kenya’s tuna...