The first edition of the Conxemar Brussel show was scheduled to take place next April in the same venue that for years hosted its main competitor, the Seafood Expo Global. However, the Spanish...
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Tuna Trade Used As Cover-Up For Money Laundering
Expensive tuna imports have been used to launder dirty money by crooks dealing with paper companies. Authorities in Colombia have just arrested four executives from family-owned companies that...
Hawaii News Media Accuses Wespac of Favoritism
The Honolulu Civil Beat is once again after the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac - also formerly known as WPRFMC) saying that the organization “is using questionable...
Abidjan Port Expands Loading Capacity Of Reefer Containers
New fish loading equipment in the Abidjan port in Ivory Coast will help improve the process of placing whole round frozen tuna into containers. The global company, CEVA Logistics, which has...
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...
Bumble Bee Adds MSC Tuna And Candy To Prime Snack Kit
Bumble Bee Seafoods has restyled its Protein on the Run healthy snack kit and added MSC tuna in three new flavors plus the sweetness of caramel. It has added the line to Bumble Bee Prime. With...
Thai Processors Lose Over A Third Of Business In The Americas
Thailand exported 38 percent less canned tuna to the Americas in Q3 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. This is the lowest level of deliveries in a five-year period. This large fall was...
No Sign Of Any Bangkok Bottleneck Yet, SKJ1.8:BKK Price In Balance
Bangkok skipjack trade is moving, albeit slowly, as demand for raw material has once again dropped while supply of tuna has also fallen. Both the lukewarm demand and depressed supply are...
Worst Q3 Production Numbers In Thailand In 5 Years
The world's largest canned tuna exporting nation experienced a major cut in its processing volume over the first three quarters (Q3) of the year. The shipments from Thailand were at least at a...
Maersk Denies Liability Over Damaged Tuna, Blames Leak
Global freight company Maersk has denied that it is liable for a cargo of expensive tuna that was damaged while it was being shipped to Japan. It argues that it had conducted all necessary...
Mozambique NGO Demands USD 2 Billion Debt Relief From Credit Suisse
Mozambique’s public finance watchdog, the Budget Monitoring Forum (FMO), has demanded that Credit Suisse give the African nation a full debt relief of USD 2 billion. This is ten times the...
Ecuador Scored Slam Dunk In UK Market In 2020
The arrivals of canned tuna to the UK reached their lowest point in five years in 2020. This means that most suppliers lost part of their business in the country, but the Ecuadorians managed...
RD Switches To Eco-friendly Packaging For Dolly Tuna
RD Tuna Canners from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has committed to fighting plastic pollution. It will be replacing the plastic wrap around its Dolly Tuna brand's six-pack of canned tuna with a...
Japan’s Pole-and-Line MSC Certification Recognized With Award
The Japan Sustainable Seafood Awards were given out during this year’s Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium which took place from October 10 to 13. The Collaboration Award went to the Japan...
Mozambique Tuna Longliners Meant To Collect Data Of Criminals At Sea
The trial of 19 people who were allegedly involved in taking bribes in a billions-worth financial scandal – including USD 850 million in tuna bonds – is still ongoing. One of the accused said...
China & Pacific Islands Holding Tuna Trade Talks In Dec
Pacific Island nations and China will be holding trade talks over fisheries this coming December. The China Pacific Island Nations Fisheries Cooperation Development summit will take place in...
Conxemar Aiming To Snatch Seafood Global’s Visitors In Brussels
For the first time in more than 20 years, the Spanish Wholesalers Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Transformers, and Exporters of Fishery and Aquaculture Product (Conxemar) will be...
EU To Hold Online Meeting With Vietnam Over Yellow Card
Inspectors from the European Commission (EC) and Vietnam’s General Department of Fisheries will hold an online meeting on October 27 regarding the Asian country’s progress in mitigating IUU...
Conxemar Ends, Exceeds Expectations
Yesterday, the Conxemar 2021 trade show closed its doors. In three days, the face-to-face event attracted 22,000 visitors from 95 countries. The organization was pleasantly surprised with...
Africa’s Free-Trade Area Perfect Tool To Create New Tuna Markets
One of the main goals behind the creation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was to facilitate the movement of capital and investments within the continent. With this in mind,...