Terming the move unacceptable, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has voiced its disappointment and frustration over the EU’s decision to defer economic partnership agreement (EPA) talks...
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Unclear If Multistate Salmonella Outbreak Relates To Tuna
As the count stacks up to 53 people infected with a rare salmonella outbreak across several US states, the FDA, CDC and state and local officials are investigating the cause, which has been...
Tuna Fishing With Stereoscopic Cameras Takes Off
Kicking off the start of the annual bluefin season in the Balearic Sea, one of Spain’s top fresh tuna exporters, the Balfegó Group will be taking a new innovative fishing technology to the...
SeaValue Expects Strong Sales Growth In 2015
High demand from overseas markets is the expected driving force of a forecast 10 percent sales increase for SeaValue this year. As one of Thailand’s leading tuna exporting firms, the company...
Philippines & Indonesia Talk About New Tuna Deal
Concerns over IUU fishing could rejuvenate a tuna deal between the Philippines and Indonesia, after a bilateral fishing agreement broke off between the two countries in 2006. Philippines...
Greenpeace Tackles US Food Service Tuna
Another retail segment has been the target of Greenpeace’s fight against unsustainable tuna this month, as the NGO fronts passionate university students to call for a switch to sustainable...
EU Pre-cooked Loins Quota Set For Small Changes
The European Commission is currently in a stage of ‘interservice consultation’ regarding the decision whether to decrease, increase or even eliminate the EU pre-cooked tuna loins quota for the...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Inches Up
After touching bottom in March, the Bangkok skipjack price has seen modest recovery, but until the WTPO effort reduction comes into full swing, no sharp increase is expected. In fact, speaking...
TUF Wants A Bigger Slice Of Brazil’s Tuna Market
In an effort to get a bigger cut of a market that is dominated by local processors and Ecuadorian products, Thai authorities, along with Thai Union CEO, Thiraphong Chansiri, have complained...
From Cyanide & Dynamite To Sustainable Handline Catch
A town in the Philippines has intentions of becoming the Filipino hub of sustainable tuna fishing, as collaboration with WWF over the years has transformed this region from once being a...
ISSF: Consumers Should Demand Transparency From Tuna RFMOs
Like any organization composed of many governments, ISSF believes that there are political and bureaucratic factors that can commonly rein over decisive action by RFMOs. Susan Jackson, ISSF’s...
MSC To Scrutinize Certified Tuna Supply Chains
MSC is set to carry out work on tuna supply chains, verifying that MSC-certified products are labelled correctly. Why tuna? The organization notes that interest in MSC certified sustainable...
Echebastar: MSC Certification Will Spur IO Progress
Following recent stakeholder objections from WWF and IPNLF on Echebastar’s current Indian Ocean MSC assessment, the Spanish fishing company has issued a response, claiming there is the...
Calvo International Sales Strong & Growing
In its annual review statement, Grupo Calvo has announced a sales generation of EUR 765 million (USD 850.4 mil) for the year 2014, up 7.4 percent from the previous year, and states that for...
PNG Investors In SSTC Plant, Misled By Middleman?
Hit with allegations that the factory has not been paying any returns to local shareholders, the PNG-based South Seas Tuna Corporation (SSTC) plant is set to have its operations investigated...
High Stocks, Manta SKJ Price To Lowest In 5 Years
Despite slipping to a current price of USD 850 per ton, the general mood in Manta is that the whole round skipjack market (SKJ1.8:MNT) will see some rise in the coming weeks, and at this...
Canned Tuna Just As Healthy As Fresh, But Saving 40%+
One of Italy’s top tuna brands has collaborated with a research center to reveal that, via a nutri-economic analysis of today’s Mediterranean diet, shelf stable tuna is on a par with fresh...
Canneries Left Producing At Just 25% Capacity
Tuna canneries in Venezuela have been pulled under as part of a deep crisis that spans various domestic industries. The problem? Restricted access to dollars has distorted various sectors,...
Attempts To Ban America’s Poor From Purchasing Albacore
A state in the US has gone as far as passing a bill proposal to ban the poor from buying canned albacore tuna, with their state benefit SNAP food stamps. In a series of new bill proposals...
Save “Endangered” Species By Tweeting Tuna
Leveraging social media to help save vulnerable species, WWF, aided by the bluefin tuna and other wild animals, has taken to Twitter with its new fundraising campaign #EndangeredEmoji. Every...