US-based Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, announced on June 8 that as of July this year, it is moving towards sourcing MSC certified tuna or from Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) for...
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Swiss Authorities Also Investigate Mozambican Tuna Loans Scandal
The case of the Mozambican tuna loans has expanded further as the Swiss Office of the Attorney General (OAG) announced that it has opened an investigation regarding the matter. The scandal...
EU Alerts: Tuna Recall Due To High Histamine Levels
In the month of May, the Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) received only two tuna-related issues. They involved poor temperature control and high levels of histamine. An...
E-meetings No Solution For RFMOs To Make More Decisions
RFMOs have canceled or rescheduled their meetings in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has made traveling impossible. Some meetings are being held online via video conferences. Atuna...
Vietnam’s National Assembly Approves Deal With EU
On June 8, over 94 percent of the National Assembly of Vietnam voted in favor of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). The deal will enter into force in July -- 30 days after a mutual...
Pacific Bluefin Tuna Stock Will Soon Reach Recovery Target
The International Scientific Committee (ISC) for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean has projected that the stock of Pacific bluefin tuna will soon meet the international...
Seychellois Queuing To Get Work At IOT Plant
The only tuna processing plant in Seychelles has been working steadily during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly affected the economy of the African country. In fact, it has...
Mercadona To Buy Thousands Of Loins From ISSF Responsible Fishery
Spanish retailer, Mercadona, has said that is planning on increasing its purchase of skipjack loins by five percent from Galician supplier Jealsa-Rianxeira, harvested from responsibly managed...
US Big Three Fear “Being Pecked To Death By Ducks” In Lawsuits
The US Big Three has filed an emergency motion asking the Ninth Circuit to halt some district proceedings until its appeal for class certification is resolved. The tuna companies claimed that...
Lischewski’s Sentencing To Set Precedent For Meat Price-Fixing Cases
The upcoming sentencing for Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee, may set the precedent on other antitrust cases against chief executives in the meat industry that the US Department of...
Be The Change, Protect Our Oceans
Today is World Oceans Day, an annual event to honor the role oceans play in our daily lives and how marine environments need to be protected to safeguard the planet for all its inhabitants....
Canada Albacore Fishery Deemed Fit To Keep MSC Logo
The final draft report about the re-assessment of the Canada Highly Migratory Species Foundation (CHMSF) for albacore has been published. SAI Global, the certifier overseeing the process has...
Global Tuna Imports Growing Faster Than Population
The world's market for imports of pre-cooked loins and canned tuna has massively grown in the last five years. During this period, the trading of this fish's commodities reached its pinnacle...
Spanish Side With Indonesians In Condemning Chinese Over Crew Deaths
Not long after the Spanish Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), denounced the mistreatment and deaths of Indonesian fishermen on board Chinese vessels, the...
South-East Taiwan Bluefin Catches Quintuples
So far this year, Taiwanese fishermen have reported a surge in bluefin catches of at least five times that of 2019 in its entirety. The Xingang District Fisherman's Association in Taitung...
Celebrating World Oceans Day
Another four more days before the people across the globe get to celebrate World Oceans Day on June 8. This event not only honors the role of the oceans in everyday life but is also...
PNA Orders Seiner Owners To Get Remaining Observers Home
Early this week, the PNA Office sent a circular expressing its deep concern for observers amid the COVID-19 crisis and ordered all purse seiner operators and companies to repatriate the...
Vietnam Stepping Up Measures To Combat Illegal Fishing
Vietnam has been taking various measures across its provinces in order to fight IUU fishing so that it can have the yellow card that it still holds from the EU removed. Recently, in the Binh...
Coronavirus Dampens North Pacific Albacore Season Expectations
The 2020 North Albacore season will be starting in June but amidst the coronavirus crisis, some industry people are wondering how the fishing and the selling of this tuna will go. Wayne...
Dutch And German Re-Exporters Dominate Austrian Market
Businesses for imported product in the Austrian canned tuna sector declined in 2019, right after it had peaked the previous year. The volatility of the Dutch re-exporters’ deliveries is the...