In reaction to Greenpeace’s latest sustainability report, which slammed top UK tuna brand John West for its poor efforts in providing sustainable products, the top UK brand has hit back at the...
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Tuna Nations Want To Ensure Decent Working Conditions On Vessels
With reports of slavery and poor working conditions in the Thai fishing industry becoming increasingly documented, evidence from a small-scale study in the Pacific has suggested that similar...
Yet Another Drop For Bangkok SKJ Levels
The Bangkok skipjack price has taken another slide in recent days with most of the decline appearing to be caused by major buyers holding back in anticipation of prices lowering even further...
Selling Yellowfin Causes Low French Tuna Sustainability Rankings
Similar to other sustainability rankings released recently, Greenpeace France has now revealed where the biggest French canned tuna brands land in terms of sustainability rankings, and for the...
TPP Could Create Major Shift In Tuna Exports To USA
A major trade deal to eliminate duties between 12 different countries around the world has this week been agreed after five years of negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is set to...
Echebastar Demands Review Of Existing MSC Tuna Certifications
Now that adjudicator Mr. Eldon Greenberg has ruled that the final assessment of the Echebastar purse seine Indian Ocean tuna fishery does not meet the MSC criteria, the fishery is now...
How To Calculate Sustainability Rating Of US Sold Seafood?
A new online tool which allows businesses to calculate the sustainability of their seafood has been created by The Monterey Bay Aquarium, Seattle Fish Co. and Fishchoice.com, and has been...
Top MSC Market Lacks Significant Certified Tuna Sales
A recent campaign in the Netherlands has seen over 90 percent of Dutch supermarkets promote both MSC and ASC certified fish during the “Think Fish” week, intending to help consumers understand...
Lack Of Albacore Halts Expansion Of Major Bumble Bee Supplier
The Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO) has stated that the main reason behind its lack of growth and expansion is due to a shortage of raw materials available to access for processing. The...
How Lawyers Intend To Prove Price-Fixing By Big Three
Mounting lawsuits against the US big three tuna brands have been gaining momentum in recent weeks and speculation that a whistleblower is involved is growing, with sources suggesting that...
JW: “Extremely Difficult” To Source Sustainable Tuna
The UK’s market leader in canned tuna has stated that it has been unable to find enough tuna caught by sustainable methods, and cites this as part the reason behind their poor rating in...
Two UK Brand Leaders Rated Rock Bottom
The new “tinned tuna league table” has been released by Greenpeace this week and reveals that the UK’s market leader in canned tuna, John West, has ranked in last place on sustainability...
“Tuna Pockets” Hit The Market
New Zealand-based company Sealord has recently launched prepackaged tuna mixed with healthy ingredients which the company is calling “Tuna Pockets”. The four flavors – Lemon, Sesame and...
Limited Tuna Industry Participation At Conxemar
The International Fair of Frozen Seafood, Conxemar 2015, organized by the Spanish Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Manufacturers and Exporters of Fisheries and Aquaculture, will hold its...
Calvo Will Invest USD 7 Million In Cannery
One of leading global companies in the tuna industry, Grupo Calvo, is planning to invest between five and seven million dollars to expand its tuna plant in La Unión, El Salvador, in the next...
Tuna Quota Owners Taken By Surprise By Sanctuary
Fisheries Inshore New Zealand (FINZ), who represent the country’s inshore fisheries and tuna quota owners in New Zealand, have stated that they want to work with the Government to develop...
GP Calls For Worldwide Boycott Of Thai Union Tuna
Today Greenpeace has launched a campaign to urge consumers and investors around the globe to avoid canned tuna from the world’s largest canned tuna producing company, Thai Union. The NGO hopes...
Yellow Card Issued To Taiwan By The EU
Taiwan is the latest nation to be hit by a yellow card warning from the EU for failing to fight IUU fishing, with particular emphasis placed on its lack of fisheries management and distant...
PNG and Ghana Have Yellow Card Lifted
The European Commission announced this week that they are lifting the yellow cards put in place on both Ghana and Papua New Guinea after the nations have shown significant cooperation and...
How Realistic Is A Tuna Quota System In The WCP?
Pacific Islands Forum leaders have called for a review into the current tuna fisheries management system within the region, after suggestions have been raised to move away from the VDS and...