The crew of RD Fishing purse seiner Dolores 787 has rescued two adults and three children from a drifting banana boat at sea near PNG’s border with Micronesia. The unfortunate family was about...
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BREAKING NEWS: Chris Lischewski Found Guilty For Price-Fixing
A Californian federal jury has found former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, guilty of price-fixing US canned tuna with competitors. The verdict comes after four weeks of a grueling trial...
End-Payors Refute StarKist’s Appeal Against Class Certification
US tuna company, StarKist had filed a motion for an immediate appeal of a class certification ruling in an anti-trust multi-district litigation (MDL) against the US Big...
Dolphin-Safe Lawsuit Will Stick To Bumble Bee’s Future Owner
A US District Court judge has denied the motion to dismiss the dolphin-safe lawsuit brought against Bumble Bee by a group of US consumers. On the other hand, he paused the...
US Jury Gives Verdict To Boustani In Mozambique Tuna Fraud Case
The USD 2 billion Mozambican tuna fraud trial in the US came to an end after a New York federal jury cleared Privinvest executive, Jean Boustani, of any conspiracy...
Bumble Bee’s Long Creditors List Includes Big Industry Names
After having filed for Chapter 11 a couple of weeks ago, Bumble Bee has now submitted to the US bankruptcy court for the District of Delaware a list of all its creditors....
Federal Jury Deliberating Over Lischewski’s Fate
The fate of Chris Lischewski, ex-CEO of Bumble Bee, is now in the hands of a federal Californian jury, which is currently deliberating after heated closing arguments from the DOJ and defense...
Clover Leaf & Connors Forced To File For Bankruptcy
Bumble Bee’s bankruptcy filing is dragging down its Canadian subsidiaries Clover Leaf and Connors Bros., forcing them to ask for bankruptcy protection. On November 22, the Canadian branch...
Pakistan Intends To Boost Its Tuna Industry, Again
Pakistan is not benefiting from the large tuna resources in the Indian Ocean due to their human resource incapacity and lack of understanding on maritime issues. As a result,...
Major Global Tuna Highlights November 2019
November was a month of upheaval for major tuna players and the industry itself. Bumble Bee filed for insolvency with its fate still being decided on who might be the final buyer of the...
EU Fleet: Uneven Playing Field With Asian Boats
The European fishing association, Europêche, has stated that ICCAT’s decisions from its meeting last week in Palma de Mallorca, do not guarantee a level playing field for...
Thai Union Secures Fresh Capital From Investors
Within three days, all Thai Union Group PLC’s subordinated perpetual debentures have been subscribed by investors. The subscription opened on November 26 and lasted until November 28. In...
New Tuna Processing Plant For Solomon Islands
The Bina Harbor tuna processing plant project is a top priority project for 2020 as was revealed by the Solomon Ministry for Finance and Treasure. Bina Harbor is an area in Malaita Province of...
Fiji Wants To Secure Expensive Fishing License Fee
Fiji’s Fisheries Minister is aiming to get a good economic deal through a tuna fishing license at the upcoming WCPFC meeting in Port Moresby, which will begin this Thursday....
Tesco’s Ambition To Sell 100% Sustainable Tuna
Tesco is listening to its customers’ demand for high quality, sustainable fish, according to Helena Delgado Nordmann, Responsible Sourcing Manager for Seafood for the supermarket chain....
Europêche And APCCR Want Stronger Bluefin Management
Working towards the improvement of the management of bluefin, the European fishing association, Europêche, jointly with the Association of Fisheries, Trade and Responsible...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Crisis A Crossroad?
Oversupply in raw material and low demand for skipjack in Bangkok have led the global benchmark to hit its lowest level in 10 years, pushing down skipjack prices all over the world. This...
Saving Tuna Is Saving Ourselves
“I wanted to show the power games behind the screens when it comes to the whole tuna market in terms of sustainability,” said Steven Adolf, author of recently published Tuna Wars. ...
Liberia Launches Tuna Seiner Fleet
Liberia is expanding its tuna industry to the next level by setting up a tuna fleet. The NaFAA has flagged the first two purse seiners of Sovereign Trade Services – a Liberian registered...
NGO: “Cape Verde Squanders Its Tuna To EU”
The recently published fishing agreement between Cape Verde and the EU does not define any hard limit on catches. Therefore Tommy Melo, President of the Cape Verdean Environmental Biosphere...