Workers at the Tri Marine owned SolTuna cannery in the Solomon Islands are getting sensory analysis training, to help them identify whether tuna meets safety and quality standards for major...
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Mixed Views On Impact Of Price Fixing Saga
Bumble Bee Foods is unlikely to suffer from the price fixing scandal, according to just over half of those who voted in the recent poll. However, many industry professionals believe the...
Grupomar: Industry Must Innovate In Evolving Market
The domestic market in Mexico has been evolving due to changes in population and lifestyle, and the industry must keep innovating to achieve growth in sales, according to Grupomar’s CEO,...
Tuna Veteran Bill Perez Passes Away
The former plant manager at Samoa Packing (Chicken of the Sea) and StarKist Samoa, William Bill Perez has passed away in his home in Hawaii at age 76. Perez was well-known in the international...
TU’s Seychelles Plant Calls Crisis On Yellowfin Supply
The current extent of yellowfin tuna supply is worrisome for the Thai Union owned Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) cannery, which goes as far to say that 300 jobs are on the line as it is processing...
TU Reverses On Sustainable Tuna Goal
The latest annual sustainability report from tuna processor Thai Union, in which it gives full transparency on its seafood sourcing, suggests little change has been made towards increased...
Merger Rumors Continue: Frabelle & Majestic Must Seek Approval
The PNG Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has stated any potential merger between Majestic Seafood and Frabelle could be possible, but only after the tuna firms gain...
Lischewski’s First Court Appearance Set For Next Month
The Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, is set to make his first court appearance next month following the indictment charges he faced as part of the canned tuna price fixing case. Amid the...
Rick Heroux Leaves CMC To Join Nirsa
The Chief Operating Officer at Thailand’s Chotiwat Manufacturing Co. (CMC), Richard Heroux, is set to leave the major canner and join Ecuadorian tuna fishing and processing firm Nirsa. In...
Tri Marine: Lease To StarKist Best Option For American Samoa
The CEO of Tri Marine, Joe Hamby, has said leasing the firm’s Samoa Tuna Processors (STP) plant to StarKist Samoa is the best use of the facility. Despite efforts to reopen the cannery, the...
WATCH: Vloggers Take On The Tower Of Tuna Challenge
A Canadian couple bravely took on the ‘Tower of Tuna’ challenge and attempted to eat 400 grams of tuna sashimi. The video bloggers compete against each other to see who can eat their tower the...
5 People Report Histamine Poisoning From Supermarket Sashimi
Following the recall of tuna sashimi references from the retail chain Cactus, based in Luxembourg, it has been reported the tuna products caused five people to fall sick from the high levels...
Lischewski Indictment: Rare Example Of White-Collar Prosecution
The indictment of Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, has been described as a rare case, with the CEO being one of the few individuals to be “brought to book” for alleged corporate wrongdoing....
Will Bumble Bee Suffer From The Price Fixing Scandal?
As investigations continue on the canned tuna price fixing scandal involving the US big three brands, we want to know what you think this will mean for Bumble Bee - the first brand to plead...
Tri Marine Samoa Comeback Unlikely As StarKist Takes Over Plant
US brand StarKist has announced it will lease Tri Marine’s tuna cannery in American Samoa. The Samoa Tuna Processing facility (STP) indefinitely closed operations at the end of 2016 and now...
WATCH: Japan’s ‘Tuna King’ Reigns At Tsukiji Market
Hundreds of fishmongers sell bluefin tuna at the Tsukiji market but one man, dubbed the ‘tuna king’, has been watched working and explaining his craft by over 500,000 people. In a video...
Chicken Of The Sea Resolves Walmart Price Fixing Case
Thai Union owned, Chicken of the Sea International (COS) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the nation’s biggest retailer, Walmart in regards to ongoing tuna price fixing...
TU’s 1st “Tuna Commitment” Report Unclear On MSC/FIP Progress
Despite the release of Thai Union’s first annual progress report, detailing its steps towards its sustainable tuna commitment, it still remains unclear how close the firm is to achieving its...
Brexit Transition Period “Valuable” For Tuna In Short-Term
The Fisheries Minister of the United Kingdom has said the Brexit transition agreement will provide “valuable assurances” to seafood companies. The deal between the EU and UK means there will...
Calvo Ranked Among 50 Most Bought Spanish Brands
The Spanish tuna brand Calvo has been ranked among the 50 most widely used brands of consumer goods in Spain. This is according to the report ‘Brand Footprint 2018’, which tracks more than...