Bumble Bee enters guilty plea for tuna price fixing, agrees to pay $25m fine
US shelf stable seafood giant Bumble Bee Foods entered a guilty plea on Wednesday for its role in a tuna price fixing cartel, agreeing to pay a fine of $25m
Trader Joe’s wants new tuna underfilling lawsuit dismissed
Grocer Trader Joe's is once again asking a judge to dismiss a class-action suit that accuses the company of selling under-filled cans of tuna
Samoan gov’t comes out with five-year plan to develop tuna sector
According to country's minster of fisheries, the plan is also aimed at maximizing economic and social benefits derived from the use of these tuna resources for Samoans
Lion looks to divest Bumble Bee Canadian ops, High Liner tipped as possible buyer
London-based Lion Capital said to be looking to sell Canadian Bumble Bee operations, with frozen seafood processor High Liner reportedly in the running for deal
Thai Union on Chicken of the Sea hiring drive after exodus linked to office move
Thai Union looks to hire over 20 new executives in the US amid plans to move shelf stable ops from San Diego to new office in El Segundo, where frozen supply company is based
US albacore catchers still waiting for fish
Albacore fishermen are still waiting for the fish to show up on the US west coast after being on the water for about a month
Thai Union inks deal with Greenpeace to cut FAD use in supply chain by 50%
World’s largest tuna canner and Greenpeace make joint announcement on sweeping supply chain changes, including cutting amount of FADs used globally by half
Greenpeace Canada: Number of sustainably caught tuna products quadruples
However, the activist organization says major Canadian retailers still favor unsustainable brands
Target accuses US tuna giants, Asian parents of price fixing
Following guilty pleas from Bumble Bee, two of its former execs and an ex-Starkist SVP, Target files lawsuit alleging US tuna giants, Thai Union and Dongwon fixed prices
Former Starkist SVP Stephen Hodge pleads guilty to price-fixing charge
Stephen Hodge, a former executive at US tuna canner Starkist, has pleaded guilty to a charge of price-fixing, the first non-Bumble Bee Foods executive to do so