Washington’s Bornstein ceases some groundfish processing
The company will offer jobs to some of the 40 workers affected at its Oregon facilities but it recognizes some may not want to move, CEO Colin Bornstein said
Judge ok’s class certification in tuna price-fixing suits
The ruling signifies that the facts of the hundreds of individual cases against the canners are common enough to be tried together in class-action lawsuits.
US catering giant to source only line-caught, canned tuna from Sysco
Elior NA previously sourced more than 40 different tuna product types but entertained proposals from only three main suppliers, with Sysco winning out
Former Chicken of the Sea VP could testify against Lischewski
John Sawyer, a former sales executive with Thai Union Group's Tri-Union Seafoods, could testify at the upcoming trial of former Bumble Bee Foods CEO Chris Lischewski
Bolton tipped as favorite for Clover Leaf as Bumble Bee brings in turnaround adviser
Turnaround firm AlixPartners has been brought in after Bumble Bee reportedly defaulted on loans, with Bolton now billed as a frontrunner to acquire Canadian brand Clover Leaf
Spiny lobster from UAE, Thai tuna on latest FDA import alert list
More than 120 companies and products are list, including three added this year
Bolton tasks Spanish tuna veteran with running former Tri Marine operations
Bolton Group is appointing an exec from within to run the tuna supply operations acquired from Tri Marine, a deal first revealed by Undercurrent News, according to sector sources
StarKist complains to court that Bumble Bee didn’t have to sell assets, says it can’t sell bottle maker stake
Prosecutors have suggested that StarKist sell its subsidiary Techpack, but the canner has cited 'legal, contractual and market-related obstacles' as reasons why it can't
US operator to slash Pacific tuna fleet, citing lack of gov’t support
The South Pacific Tuna Corporation will also make cuts at its corporate office in San Diego, California, as it cuts its fleet to six vessels from 14
Judge rules co-conspirators can testify against Lischewski
The judge ruled that prosecutors have not yet proved that the alleged conspiracy began prior to November of 2010