New report focuses on tuna longliners’ bycatch problem, pressures buyers
'If companies want to source from longlines they must, at the very least, employ full bycatch mitigation' -- David Pinsky, Greenpeace’s senior oceans campaigner
MCS proposes new ‘UK top five’ species as Brexit looms
The Marine Conservation Society suggested dab, hake, herring, mussels and mackerel become 'the new cod, haddock, salmon, shrimp and tuna'
Thai Union to use MSC yellowfin from PNA for premium Genova brand
Thai Union US shelf stable operation has signed a deal to promote MSC-certified yellowfin tuna sourced from PNA with its 'Genova' brand
SIMP gets real in April
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will end its 'informed compliance' approach to the Seafood Import Management Program on April 7
StarKist: Hatch, Radewagen bills would help tuna workers in American Samoa
StarKist CEO Choe: 'The tuna industry is a globally competitive, largely commoditized business where profit and loss are determined by pennies'
Fiji longline fishery gains MSC for yellowfin, albacore tuna
The Fiji albacore and yellowfin tuna longline fishery has been re-certified to the MSC fishery standard
Broadliners Sysco, US Foods join in lawsuits alleging tuna price-fixing
Major US broadliners US Foods and Sysco have become the latest to sue the US ‘big three’ tuna brands alleging a conspiracy to fix canned tuna prices at an artificially high level
Tri Marine hires Murphy to head The Tuna Store
Bellevue, Washington-based Tri Marine International has hired industry veteran Patrick Murphy to manage its foodservice and retail arm, The Tuna Store
Peruvian authorities distribute fish confiscated from Ecuadorian vessels fishing without permit
Peruvian authorities have donated to families with low income in the local district of Puente Piedra bonito fish that was confiscated from Ecuadorian vessels fishing without permit
US cultured food startup aims to achieve price parity with bluefin tuna by end of 2019
US startup Finless Foods has slashed production costs by 50% since September and is aiming to achieve price parity with conventional bluefin tuna by the end of 2019