Last month, Nestlé announced that it has been developing its own plant-based tuna as its first fish substitute, according to Bloomberg. Recently, Mark Schneider, CEO of the food and drinks...
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IATTC Fleets Increase 2019 EPO Tuna Catches
The majority of the fleets fishing tuna from the EPO increased their annual catches in 2019, resulting in record-high volumes, according to the latest figures from the Inter-American Tropical...
DOJ Says Jury’s Verdict On Lischewski Should Stand
The US Department of Justice has hit back on the acquittal motion for Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee, saying that the defendant cannot point to any evidence that would require the...
Maldives NGO Signs Deal With IPNLF To Boost P&L Tuna Sector
Dhivehi Masverin, a non-profit promoting pole-and-line fishing in Maldives, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF). The...
Thai Union Donates Canned Tuna To Wuhan
Thai Union China has donated 52,000 cans of King Oscar tuna to the city of Wuhan, which has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 viral outbreak. The first shipment of canned products was...
MSC Faces Backlash For Promoting “Seagan”
MSC Netherlands and Belgium have come under fire for promoting 'Seagan', a term referring to a diet in which vegans occasionally supplement their meals with sustainable fish. The message was...
MSC Skipjack Low Market Uptake Despite Higher Availability
The amount of MSC certified tuna ending up as a finished product has grown over the past five years but it remains abysmally low, according to the latest data. In his talk at the recent...
EPO Tuna Catches Hit Record High In 2019
Tuna caught in the EPO in 2019 reached its highest volume in over 14 years, according to the latest figures from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). The surge occurred thanks...
TunaDrone To Revolutionize Free School Fishing
In recent years, pressure from different organizations to reduce the number of FADs within the tuna industry has been on the rise. However, the reality is that technological developments such...
Big Three Dolphin-Safe Cases Set To Continue
The cases for the dolphin-safe tuna class-action suits against Chicken of the Sea International (COSI), StarKist, and Bumble Bee are still ongoing, according to the latest filings in a US...
Bluefin Tagging Program Open To Catch & Release Irish Fishers
Charter vessel captains in the Irish coast can sign up to help with a Catch and Release Tagging (CHART) program for bluefin research in the Atlantic Ocean in the upcoming months. A maximum of...
ANF Banned From Boston Show Retracts Lawsuit Threats
Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF), the owner of Loma Linda vegan TUNO brand has taken back its previous threats to file a lawsuit against Diversified Communications, the organizer of Seafood Expo...
Philippines To Rehabilitate General Santos Port
The Philippines government is moving towards modernizing its General Santos Fish Port Complex to boost its local tuna industry. During a visit to the fish port last week, Agriculture...
Panama Needs More Time To Reach EU Standards On IUU Fishing
"Panama is acting as if it was handed the yellow card," said Flor Torrijos, Director of the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP), regarding her country's reaction to a warning given by...
Costa Rican Govt Reverses Tuna Licenses Auction
The Costa Rican government’s recent move to reverse its decision to auction tuna fishing licenses has caused a great uproar among the country’s fishermen. The bidding was supposed to be a...
Ecuadorian Police Seizes Drugs From Tuna Containers
In one of the ports in Guayaquil, Ecuadorian authorities seized about 3.4 tons of cocaine from four containers with commodities such as canned tuna, palm oil, and scrap metal that were heading...
Libyan Govt Seeks Better Regulations For Tuna Fishing
The Libyan government is working to better regulate the nation's tuna exports in 2020. On February 11, the Ministry of Economy and Trade debated on reduced terms for granting fishing and...
Bumble Bee And FCF Launch Longline Albacore FIP In Indian Ocean
Bumble Bee Foods and its parent company FCF, along with non-profit Ocean Outcomes have launched a new longline tuna fishery improvement project (FIP) in the Indian Ocean for...
What Will The Tuna Industry’s Future Be In 2025?
The end debate of the Americas Tuna Conference in Panama saw a lively discussion centered around the topic of where the tuna industry will be heading and what its future in 2025 will be like....
Plaintiffs Ask Judge Not To Halt Price-Fixing MDL Against US Big Three
Various groups of buyers suing the Big Three over price-fixing shelf-stable tuna have appealed to a US district court judge not to halt the multi-district class action lawsuit (MDL) they had...