Rabâa Mansour has been appointed as Purchasing Manager for Sapmer’s tuna division effective September 2021. She joined the company as a Purchaser in December 2020. In her new position, she is...
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GDST Expands In Members But No Data Exchange Yet
Since the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) launched its first version of global standards for tracking seafood products from net to shelf, 105 companies and organizations have...
Fisherman’s Foot Amputated By Accident On Board Seiner
An accident on board the tuna vessel ‘Azteca 1’ in Mazatlán, Mexico, resulted in the amputation of a crew member’s foot, as reported by La Sirena. According to witnesses, the incident...
Walmart US Looks To Drones To Deliver Tuna
Walmart customers can now have their canned tuna delivered via drones. Last week, the largest retailer in the US began offering aerial distribution in the state of Arkansas. Its inaugural...
Bumble Bee Gets New Vice President Of Sales
The American canned tuna firm, Bumble Bee, has appointed a new Vice President of Sales. Laura Chamberlain, who has more than 25 years of experience across premier consumer packaged goods sales...
Malaysia Wants More Boat Owners To Apply For Tuna Permits
The Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) wants the country to take the opportunity as a member of the IOTC to send more vessels to catch tuna in the Indian Ocean (IO)....
Time Magazine Selects Plant-Based Tuna Among 2021 Best Inventions
Time Magazine US has put the plant-based tuna alternative created by Kuleana in its 'Best Inventions of 2021’ list. According to the magazine, the product deserves the mention because of its...
Nirsa’s Brand ‘Real’ Reaches Russian Supermarkets
Supermarkets in Russia are now offering pouched tuna of the Real brand, which is owned by Ecuador's largest processing company, Nirsa. The firm entered the Russian market in 2020 with its...
PNG-FIA Fishery MSC Certified For Bigeye
The bigeye catches of the PNG Fishing Industry Association (FIA) have officially received MSC certification as no objections were logged. SCS Global Services, the conformity assessment body in...
Spanish Chef Presents New Cheese Made With Tuna Sperm
The Spanish chef, Ángel León, presented his latest creation at the food fair of San Sebastián, Gastronómika, which ends today. He wowed attendees when he unveiled a novel creation --...
Spanish Albacore Fishing Reopens: Quota Left Unused
The 2021 Atlantic albacore fishing season in Spain was closed in mid-August by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing, and Food. This meant that at the time it became the shortest campaign in...
Dongwon’s Launches Protein Recipe YouTube Video Contest
To get more attention from young Korean consumers, the Dongwon Group has announced a ‘Protein Recipe Video Contest’. Customers may submit a recipe demonstration YouTube clip using a variety of...
IATTC Second Veda Starts On Heels Of Poor EPO Fishing
This past Tuesday, the second IATTC fishing closure of the year started in the EPO. This means that around 130 purse seiners with capacity from 182 M/T and up will have to stop operations for...
MSC Wants Stakeholders’ Opinions
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced that its Stakeholder Survey is open and has stated that it wants perspectives on the organization. This includes its priorities, the value of...
Real Kids Tuna Uses Minions To Appeal To Ecuadorian Children
Minions, a creation of Universal Studios, are starring on the packaging and in the video campaign of the first Ecuadorian tuna snack for kids. Nirsa, the owner of the Real brand, has recently...
French Polynesia Forces Chinese Firm To Pay For Stranded Longliner
The hard stance that French Polynesia took by impounding a Chinese tuna longliner has worked. Two weeks ago, the country’s authorities seized ‘Ping Tai Rong 316’ after the owner of the vessel,...
Atlantic Albacore Fishery Recommended To Preserving MSC Again
The conformity assessment body (CAB) of the North Atlantic Albacore Artisanal fishery, Bureau Veritas, has officially recommended its MSC recertification in the Final Draft Report which was...
EU To Check On Vietnam’s Progress On Yellow Card Warnings
In the first quarter of 2022, the yellow card that the EU handed to Vietnam due to its poor efforts to fight IUU fishing could be removed. The country’s Deputy General Director of the...
Mozambican President Sued For Accepting Donations In Tuna Scandal
The ongoing Mozambican tuna scandal has a new twist. Privinvest, an Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilder, has sued the current President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, in the High Court in London. The...
Azores Tuna Plant Goes Private To Secure Modernization And Jobs
The government of the autonomous region of Azores in Portugal has recently announced that it will hand over the operation of the Santa Catarina tuna plant to a private entity. The facility,...