A settlement agreement in the underfilling canned tuna suit against American retailer, Trader Joe's, was given preliminary approval by a California federal judge after a decision in another...
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Maersk Cyberattack Questioned By Frinsa & Claimants
Spanish tuna company Frinsa del Noroeste and 17 other claimants suing Danish shipping company Maersk Line AS for delays and damage to tons of frozen tuna and other food are questioning the...
Maltese Bluefin Documentary Wins Multiple Awards
An English-language documentary by Maltese filmmakers that examines the importance of bluefin to people throughout the ages has picked up numerous international awards. Titled ‘The Giant Deep...
Warnings Over Toyosu Market’s Ground Ignored?
Japanese Toyosu Market is making creaking noises and showing alarming cracks in some walls and floors, mostly at the southwest side and the northeast end. At first, these were attributed to...
North America: Still A Long Way To Go For Tuna Sustainability
Despite consumers in North America (US and Canada) stating their interest in purchasing sustainable seafood, there is not much MSC sustainable tuna being served and bought in these markets....
Calvo & Atunlo Together Target MSC For Canary Islands P+L Fishery
Calvo Group in collaboration with Spanish tuna processor Atunlo has launched the project ‘Sustainable Canary Islands Tuna’. It aims to promote the MSC sustainable certification process for the...
Gov’t Wants To Avoid Ex-Minister Testifying In US On Tuna Bonds Scam
Mozambique’s Attorney-General’s Office (PGR) has employed a South African law firm to extradite former Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, to Maputo to avoid him facing a potential trial in the...
Vietnamese Fishermen Concerned Over Low Tuna Prices
After a month of fishing, Vietnamese fishermen have returned to Tuy Hoa City port with good tuna catches, landing an average catch of 1.7 M/T per handliner. However, the earnings were...
Update: Good Catch Raises USD 32 Million Capital
Startup Gathered Foods, the owner of plant-based seafood brand Good Catch, has managed to attract another investor during its oversubscribed funding round that took in USD 32 million. General...
Trade Dynamics Between America’s And Europe’s Tuna Industries
As the European continent is the largest canned tuna consumer area, its trading standards and practices are of high importance to the industry. On the first day of the AMAtuna2020 Adolfo...
Bigeye Stock In Atlantic Needs More Improvement
The stock status of bigeye in the Atlantic is a much-debated issue in the tuna industry and this is unsurprising given the fact that this fish is overfished. Member countries at the...
USD 5 Million Invested In Good Catch Fish-Free Tuna
Greenleaf Foods, SPC, owner of leading plant-based protein brands such as Lightlife and Field Roast has invested USD 5 million in Gathered Foods Corporation, makers of Good Catch® plant-based...
Lischewski Pushes For Acquittal On Price-Fixing
Former CEO of Bumble Bee, Christopher Lischewski, has taken a step to overturn his conviction with a US federal court by submitting an acquittal motion, saying that there was insufficient...
Does New US-China Trade Deal Change Tuna Tariffs?
The US has inked the first phase of a new trade agreement with China after nearly two years of escalating economic tensions between the two countries. Though it seems a promising outlook for a...
Indonesian AP2HI Sets Sights On MSC For Its Tuna Fisheries
The Indonesian Pole & Line and Handline Fisheries Association (AP2HI) has contracted third-party independent auditors, SAI Global, to undertake full assessment of its skipjack and...
Maruha Nichiro Buys Toyo Reizo’s Bluefin Farms
One of the world’s largest seafood companies, Maruha Nichiro Group, announced a deal this week to purchase the bluefin farming operations of Toyo Reizo Co, the latter owned by Mitsubishi...
The Flaws Ecuador Must Address To Satisfy The EU
When the European Commission (EC) handed a yellow card to Ecuador last October for the country’s inadequate measures on combating illegal fishing, it sent shock waves across the tuna...
US FDA Too Lax In Applying Law In Histamine Case Says Pew
The Pew Charitable Trusts has taken issue with the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to an outbreak of histamine poisoning from yellowfin products, saying that the agency is...
GTA Receives IOTC Observer Status Despite India’s Protest
The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) recently received its observer status with the IOTC despite India having objected to it late last year. On January 10, Susan Imende,...
Callipo Reports Steady Sales Growth In Organic Jars
The positive trend in Callipo Conservo Alimentari’s turnover since 2013 continued in 2019 with the company seeing an increase of ten percent. Last year, the Italian-based tuna and seafood...