A final ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the long-running dolphin-safe tuna dispute between Mexico and the US is expected to surface in this year’s first half. But even in the...
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Race Is Over For EU Canners To Clear Duty Free Loins
The rush among EU canners to clear duty free pre-cooked tuna loins is slowing, with buyers becoming more cautious, with just under 1,800 tons left before full exhaustion By January 10th,...
MSC Gets Cash To Support Small-Scale Fisheries
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has received EUR 1.75 million in funding from the Dutch Postcode Lottery to help small scale and developing world fisheries to become more sustainable and...
Tuna Forgotten As Americans Eat More Fish?
US seafood imports have hit a record high, but a year on year slump in canned tuna volumes reaching the national market sees the product hopefully failing to benefit from the trend. Hitting...
Mexico MSC: Extra Time To Settle Objection Denied
A request for extra time to conduct talks between stakeholders of the Mexican MSC assessment, has been denied, potentially reducing the chance for settlement to be reached on an objection to...
TU Scores Hattrick On Investor Satisfaction
Thai Union has taken home the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET’s) Best Investor Relations Award for the third year in a row, rewarding the canned tuna giant’s efforts to keep investor...
The Biggest Winners From Spain’s Quota Hike
After seeing just over a 20 percent increase in its eastern bluefin quota for 2017, Spain has announced how the allowance will be distributed for the coming season, with changes particularly...
Longliner Sinks Off Spanish Coast
A Spanish tuna longliner sank in the Bay of Biscay area off Northern Spain on Friday afternoon, an incident that reportedly stemmed from rough weather conditions. According to the coastguard...
Falling Consumption Hits France’s Tuna Brands
A notable slip in the volume of canned tuna products reaching the French market last year (Jan-Oct) comes within a wider trend of falling seafood consumption in the country. However, in the...
TU CEO Earns French Knighthood
The CEO of leading canned tuna producer, Thai Union, has received the French “Chevalier de la Légion d’ Honneur” medal, a knighthood in the highest decoration in France. Thiraphong Chansiri...
Are PNG’s Brexit Fears Exaggerated?
Officials in PNG have already aired concerns over Brexit and the possibility of losing free tuna trade with the UK, and now an Australian economist states that the Pacific nation’s...
Another Quick Finish For Southern Bluefin Season?
Favorable weather conditions saw last year’s Australian southern bluefin season finish a week earlier than in 2015, with warmer water temperatures resulting in more near-shore catches. Colder...
EU Seiners To Be “Monitored Wherever They Fish”
EU-flagged vessels fishing in distant waters could face more stringent monitoring of their activities if new legislation going through European Parliament gets the thumbs up. As part of the...
EPO: “Too Many Seiners, Too Little Management”
Tuna stocks could be vulnerable to overexploitation in the EPO, after some management controls expired last month, and so far will not be in effect for the 2017 fishing season. IATTC member...
Catch Rule Breaking Found In 8 Japanese Regions
Investigations have revealed that in as many as eight regions in Japan, rules related to fishing Pacific bluefin tuna have been broken; results found as part of a harder government crackdown...
Valsecchi Completes Full Take Over Of Italy’s No.2 Brand
Already a majority shareholder in Generale Conservas (GC), CEO Adolfo Valsecchi, leading a small group of investors, has bought out the remaining stake, sold by company President, Vito Gulli....
Greenpeace’s “Simple Message” Fails to Mention Free School & MSC
Dutch consumers are being given what Greenpeace believes is a very clear and simple message; that the only sustainable canned tuna on supermarket shelves to look for is pole and line caught....
Will Thailand See Raised TIP Ranking?
Thailand has submitted its anti-trafficking efforts to the US, and with it the nation is hopeful of seeing an upgrade of its status in the US Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report this year....
Wild Planet Pays Out $1.7m On Underfilling Claims
US firm, Wild Planet Foods, has agreed to pay out USD 1.7 million to settle claims that it sold underfilled cans of tuna and cheated US shoppers, in violation of state and federal consumer...
EU-Cook Islands Deal: No Stopping It Now?
Despite facing much controversy within the Pacific nation, the Cook Island’s purse seiner deal with the EU is now one step closer to becoming a reality, after gaining approval from the EU...