US supermarket chain Hy-Vee has switched its entire fresh and frozen tuna range to Fair Trade certified product, driving further growth in this label on the market. It follows in the footsteps...
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Trump Tax To Push Up Canned Tuna Prices
US retailers have hit back at Donald Trump’s plan to impose additional border duties on imports, launching an abrasive, multi-platform campaign describing it as a “$1 trillion tax giveaway”....
Ditched TPP Not The Only Blow For Major US Supplier
A junked TPP is not the only factor putting Vietnam’s future tuna trade with the US in jeopardy. The rise of canned tuna-like imports into the US food service sector has already caused...
Ex-Employee: Bumble Bee Ignored Marketing Advice
Marketers at Bumble Bee ignored warnings about the use of omega-3 logos on tuna, a former BB employee testified on the last day of the trial against the company’s use of “deceptive” health...
China’s Wages Rise Higher Than Rivals
The average wages in China’s manufacturing sector have tripled in the last decade, making the Asian nation’s labor force in industries including seafood production, potentially better paid and...
Lawyer Finds Germany In Breach Of EU IUU Law
A leading environmental lawyer believes that Germany’s implementation of EU legislation to stop IUU fish products entering the bloc’s market is not up to scratch, and is actually in breach of...
Seychelles & Mauritius: 2 Big IO Players Join Forces
The newly revised fisheries agreement between the Seychelles and Mauritius hints at a will for stronger management and development of the two nation’s tuna sectors, as well as taking steps to...
Spanish Seiners Heavily Hit By Yellowfin Catch Cut
The Spanish seiner fleet will have to cut its yellowfin landings much more dramatically than most other nations operating in the Indian Ocean, in order to comply the heavy catch reduction...
Expert Banker Gives His Thoughts On Global Tuna Trade Shifts
In the age of Trump and Brexit, and with nationalism and protectionism on the rise worldwide, there are impending trade policies that could be set to make waves in global tuna dynamics. Gorjan...
First MSC Canned Tuna Hits South African Shelves
One of the biggest retailers in South Africa (SA) has switched its entire supply of private label canned tuna to MSC certified pole and line skipjack, sourced from the Maldives. Woolworths is...
1 in 10 Brits Think Tuna Counts In “Five-A-Day”
Just under ten percent of people in the UK believe that eating tuna counts as one of the five portions of fruits and vegetables that are recommended for consumption each day, a new survey...
Social Scares Blocked Thai Tuna Business
The German market was the most troubling EU destination for Thai canned tuna exports last year, accounting for an extensive chunk of the sharp slip in the Asian nation’s trade with EU buyers...
How FADs Drifted Into MSC Assessment
MSC’s launch of a simplification pilot of its fisheries assessment process comes in reaction to stakeholder concerns, and is an effort from the organization to uphold and improve its...
EU Wants More Input In Global Tuna Decisions
The EU has commissioned a series of conservation projects that will span across the waters and tuna stocks managed by the major RFMOs, stating that the scientific advice currently available...
FDA Testifies: Bumble Bee’s Tuna Claims “Inappropriate”
Bumble Bee’s branding of its tuna products as an “excellent source of omega-3” has been deemed inappropriate by a testifying FDA official at trial. He claims that the firm has made the...
African Seiner Agreement To Smooth TU Supply
A new fishing agreement between the Seychelles and Mauritius is set to create a smoother supply of whole round tuna to the Thai Union Europe owned cannery, Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) in the...
Tuna Strict Tesco Leaps In MSC Charts
After taking a strict stance on tuna sustainability last year, the UK’s leading supermarket Tesco, has displayed the strongest increase in MSC certified seafood products within its range,...
MSC Candidate Echebastar Strongly Reliant On FADs
Last week it was announced that Echebastar’s purse seine fleet has entered full assessment for MSC certification for its Indian Ocean FAD and free-school skipjack catch; a remarkable move...
TU Sets Ambitious 2017 Sales Target
Thai Union is strongly confident in its ability to increase its total sales figures for the eighth consecutive year, and has announced its ambitious targets for 2017, just weeks after it...
EII Breaks Silence On Mexican MSC
The Earth Island Institute (EII) has spoken out after a period of quiet related to the potential MSC certification of the Mexican EPO purse seine tuna fishery, a fishery that partly uses...