Egypt has become an attractive export market for Vietnamese canned tuna products, particularly for Vietnamese exports, in light of reports detailing a stagnated demand for...
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Mareblu Recalls Batch Of Damaged Cans In Italy – Potential Health Risk
A batch of Mareblu products -boxes of 12 cans of tuna in olive oil- with the deadline January 5, 2013, was recalled from the Italian market for damages to the packaging. According to a...
Kyokuyo Win Over Maersk In Appeal Court On Damaged Tuna Cargo
In the UK the Court of Appeals handled the case of the Japanese tuna company Kyokuyo Co Ltd v AP Moller - Maersk A/S (the container shipping line), concerning the enumeration of...
Low Raw Tuna Prices Take Bite Out Of Sapmer’s Profit
Less favorable market prices for raw tuna and Patagonian toothfish, in comparison to the 1st half of 2017, both amplified by a negative currency effect, has hit Sapmer profit hard....
EU Signs Lucrative Tuna Fishing Deal With Cape Verde
As enacted by the European Commission last Friday, October 12- the new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the European Union and Cape Verde will allow boats from EU to...
Spanish Canneries Upset About Tuna Loin Proposal
Over 250 local Spanish seafood processors united in the National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish (ANFACO-CECOPESCA), have expressed their disappointment over the position adopted...
Market Closely Focused On Pacific Post-FAD Ban Price
Market parties in Europe, US, Thailand, China and South America are closely monitoring the latest developments in catches within the Western Central Pacific (WCP). With the annual...
Carbon Monoxide Treatment: The Redder The Better?
Redder tuna does not necessarily mean fresher tuna. Carbon monoxide treatment (also referred to as: tasteless smoke, filtered wood smoke, CO treated) is the process in which tuna loins are...
Sustunable: Not A Frabelle Idea
Sustunable B.V. in the Netherlands re-confirms its official status as a registered company since March 2008 with the Breda Chamber of Commerce- the same year of its website launch and...
StarKist CEO Admits Company Is Guilty in Price Fixing
As announced yesterday by the US Department of Justice- StarKist Co, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Dongwon Industries Group, has agreed to plead guilty for its role in the hotly reported price...
Misrepresentation Of Study Results On Mercury In Pet Food
An on-going study conducted by undergraduate researchers at the University of Nevada is studying the effects of mercury in mixed samples of tuna-based and non-tuna-based pet food. According to...
Crews Contest To Design Best Biodegradable FAD
The Ecuadorian sustainability group Tunacons has organized a contest challenging the group’s fishing crews to find the ideal prototype of non-entangling and biodegradable fish aggregating...
Philippines Region “Rich In Tuna” Wants To Compete With GenSan
An article published by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) earlier this week is exploring new investment opportunities in the nation’s Caraga region- a southern coastal province with an...
Spanish Producers Named In Bluefin Smuggling And Laundering
According to Spanish Guardia Civil, companies targeted by EUROPOL’s Operation Tarantelo are under investigation for exploiting bluefin tuna stocks in the Mediterranean Sea outside of quotas...
Island Nations Battle Drug Trafficking In Fishing Industry
Felony networks and drug traffickers are among the major problems afflicting local fishing industries in the Pacific, which fisheries ministers from Palau, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, and...
Pacifical Gives Feedback On Seafoodsource.com Article
Yesterday, on Tuesday, October 16th, SeafoodSource.com published an article titled “Rift between Papua New Guinea and Pacifical threatens the future of regional tuna MSC certification”...
PEW Pushes For Lower Atlantic Bigeye TAC At ICCAT’s 21st Special Meeting
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is preparing to host its upcoming 21st Special Meeting from November 12 – 19, 2018, scheduled to take place in...
79 Arrests In Crack Down On Million Dollar Tuna Smuggling Ring
EUROPOL, in a coordinated international operation with authorities from Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, and Malta, have arrested 79 individuals for their alleged involvement in Europe’s EUR...
Israel And ASEAN Are Potential Growth Markets For Vietnamese Tuna
According to VASEP, in the first seven months of 2018, Vietnam’s tuna exports were valued at USD 356 million, up 10% over the same period in 2017. Exports to major markets continued to record...
ASEAN To Develop A Regional Tuna Eco-Label
Indonesia has approved and endorsed the proposal on the ASEAN Tuna Eco-labeling (ATEL) policy during the ASEAN ministers of agriculture and forestry (AMAF) meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam. "The...