Frabelle, part-owner of PNG-based joint venture Majestic Seafood, hopes that the plant’s operations will break even by the end of 2015, with plans to get production up to 120 tons per day. The...
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Frabelle Espera Que Majestic Seafood Despegue Para 2016
Frabelle, co-propietario de la empresa conjunta con sede en PNG Majestic Seafood, espera que las operaciones de la planta comiencen a finales de 2015, con la idea de producir hasta 120...
Instagram Goes Under The Surface
The photo based media platform, Instagram, swam to the ocean depths this week as a hot range of underwater shots show tuna photographed by fishermen and divers worldwide. Seeing the beauty of...
Processors Call For Zero Duty On Raw Mat Imports
In Vietnam, the Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) is pushing for the Ministry of Finance to establish zero duty tariffs on imported tuna raw material and other seafood, in...
From LA To Tokyo, Video Explains The Bluefin Economy
Posted just two days ago, this extensive coverage on the bluefin market, titled ‘Eating Bluefin Into Extinction’, is by far one of the most interesting and informative videos on the bluefin...
Diego Garcia Continues To Clamp Down Tuna Intruders
The British Navy has yet again seized two Indian flagged tuna fishing vessels after they entered the waters of Diego Garcia, an autonomous state that homes a highly militarized US-UK naval...
Poll: Social Conditions Important Issue For Tuna Businesses
With allegations of slave labor and unfair work practices surrounding several countries’ fisheries sectors, the Asian region is being tailed with doubts and scrutiny as to how accountable...
Greenpeace: MSC Certification Of Echebastar Would Be “Faulty Logic”
Another player joins the team of opposition against the potential premature MSC certification of the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine fishery. Supporting official objections issued by WWF...
StarKist Compensates Millions For Under Filled Cans
After accusations the company has been “stiffing” tuna buyers with under filled cans, StarKist will pay a hefty USD 12 million to consumers to end a proposed class action. As noted by the...
TUF Saturated After Bumble Bee Takeover
After an acquisition frenzy that saw Thai Union snap up three seafood companies in one year, the firm’s CEO, Thiraphong Chansiri, has stated that TUF will refrain from any more major takeovers...
Tuna Tycoon Leads Sector In China Trade Negotiations
In upcoming trade agreement discussions between Australia and China this Friday, the tuna and seafood sectors are set to be represented by industry magnate Hagen Stehr. As the only seafood rep...
Tuna Route Again A Big Success
May is the month of tuna in south Spain, and to celebrate 2015, bars and restaurants throughout the country are once again taking part in regional tuna tapas tours. Bluefin caught fresh from...
Massive Write Off On Inventory Makes Alliance Bleed
Alliance Select Foods continues to bleed as it reports a sizable net loss of USD 17 million for 2014, connected to a large write down in the market value of its inventories of raw material and...
CEO Explains Bumble Bee Supply Chain To The Public
Top US tuna canner, Bumble Bee has set out to inform the public on how its tuna is caught and processed. Via video coverage from San Diego 6, the firm explains how decades of industry progress...
Venezuela’s Scarce Dollars For Tuna Loins Or Cans?
As tuna canners in Venezuela urgently call out to the government for the right to import precooked loins for processing, neighboring nations currently supplying canned tuna to the country...
Study To Build Dedicated Tuna Port In Chennai
India is planning to fish more tuna from the Bay of Bengal, by introducing a new tuna dedicated fishing harbor in Tiruvottiyur Kuppam, north of Chennai, on India's east coast. The Indian...
Authorities Prompt To Avoid Raw Tuna Dishes
After a rare salmonella outbreak hit sushi restaurants in several US states last month, some county authorities are advising consumers to stay clear of ground raw tuna, and avoid tuna based...
Now Best Market Conditions To Switch To Sustainable Tuna
Now, better than ever, is the time to switch to sustainably certified tuna, and for retailers to offer responsibly caught canned tuna on their shelves. According to Henk Brus, CEO of...
Thai PM Vows On CNN To Clamp Down On Slave Labor
Admitting that issues are “now severe,” Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, has vowed in an interview with CNN, that the country is taking strong action to tackle problems regarding...
Primer Ministro Tailandés Promete Medidas Drásticas Para Terminar Con El Trabajo Forzoso
Admitiendo que los problemas son ahora graves, el primer ministro de Tailandia, Prayut Chan-o-cha, ha prometido realizar una entrevista para la CNN. El país está tomando medidas...