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Greenpeace: US Consumers Must Act On Bumble Bee’s Labor Rights Issues
Greenpeace US has put out a call to US consumers to send a message to Bumble Bee to take action and protect workers in its supply chain. On its website, the NGO pointed out that it is not the...
Shangdong Zhonglu’s Two New Tuna Seiners Launched
Two new tuna purse seiners were successfully launched this week in China. They were built by Mawei Shipbuilding for the publicly listed fishing company, Shangdong Zhonglu Oceanic Fisheries. In...
Infractions Found By WCPO Observers Seldom Result in Sanctions
The latest report from the WCPFC shows that purse seining and transshipments had very little observer coverage last year due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, the average number of days these...
Third Bluefin Fishery Achieves MSC Certification
Spanish family business Atún Rojo del Estrecho S.L., which trades as JC Mackintosh, has achieved MSC certification for its bluefin fishing in the northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean...
Disappointing Performance Of Seiners Makes IO Skipjack More Expensive
The Seychelles skipjack price has been following the global market situation and deals were made at higher costs to processors. The IO yellowfin price remained more or less the same this...
Tesco Wants 100 Percent Observer Coverage In Supply Chain
Tesco aims to roll out 100 percent observer coverage and bycatch mitigation measures across its supply chains including tuna. The UK retailer pledged this after it joined Sustainable Fisheries...
IUU Accused Venezuelan Seiner Burned In Port
The outcry by Colombian artisanal fishers about purse seiner ‘Taurus I’ illegally fishing in a marine protected area in the Chocó Department has taken another turn. On September 6, the vessel...
Filipino Tuna Fishers Losing Frigate Volumes
Philippines-flagged vessels managed to expand their bigeye and yellowfin volumes in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2021. This week, the Philippine Statistics...
CAB: Small Ecuadorian EPO Yellowfin Fishery Should Receive MSC Cert
The assessment body, LRQA, has determined that the small Ecuadorian purse seine tropical tuna fishery should receive an MSC certification. The results were published in a Final Draft Report...
Pacific Island States Agitated Against Term “Indo-Pacific”
Some Pacific Island states are not amused by larger nations referring to them with the term "Indo-Pacific". They prefer to to be perceived as a group of nations with different views and needs...
Poor Catches Propelling Bangkok Skipjack Price
Reports of expected poorer supply in the coming month is pushing up the price of whole round frozen skipjack at the Bangkok benchmark market. Even though processor demand remains low, those...
Gomes Da Costa Launches Tuna With 81% Reduced Sodium
The new and improved Gomes da Costa Low-Sodium line is now being relaunched with a reduction of up to 81 percent sodium content in its solid oil-packed and in water canned tuna. The range is...
US Sushi Restaurant Says Insurer Must Cover White Tuna Fraud Claims
A sushi restaurant in Chicago has asked a federal court in Illinois to dismiss its underwriter, Society Insurance’s motion to avoid coverage of a class action suit. The eatery is accused of...
Energy Bill Killing Callipo’s Production After A Century
Italian company Callipo is considering layoffs because the price of gas and electricity has risen so high that it cannot continue production at the same levels that it has done for years. It...
Skyrocketing Salt Price A Headache For Purse Seiner Operators
The global tuna purse seine fleet has been plagued by numerous challenges this year with the number one issue being fuel cost. The value of industrial salt, a major commodity used in...
Single-Serve Tuna Cans John West’s Answer To Food Waste?
John West has added three products to its product range. With these smaller-sized cans, the brand wants to make itself more relevant to smaller households, especially given the growing...
150 Seafood Companies Call For Measures To Reduce Deaths In Fishing Sector
Five seafood organizations have teamed up to support worldwide efforts to improve fishers' safety. Fishing is considered one of the most dangerous occupations and understanding the drivers...
Bumble Bee: Greenpeace Report Inaccurate But Will Investigate Allegations
Bumble Bee Seafood has broken its silence and has said that it is carefully reviewing allegations about its supply chain, a week after Greenpeace published a condemning report on the US tuna...
Is The TunaCoin Digital Currency A Fishy Crypto?
There is a new cryptocurrency circulating called TunaCoin and a deep dive into this digital asset shows an alarming lack of transparency, something that is not uncommon with cryptos. Unlike...