US trade body backs Canadian seafood companies on traceability
Canadian seafood companies were told by their own government they need to 'raise their game' to meet US Seafood Import Monitoring Program traceability rules
Bumble Bee veteran Cameron will likely see short prison term, testify against others
Bumble Bee veteran Walter Cameron will likely see prison term of at least 10 months, pay a $25,000 fine and agree to testify in tuna price-fixing investigation
Tuna exports from Thailand drop, as Bangkok skipjack prices reach $1,700/t
Shipments from Ecuador, Spain and China on the rise. Import demand for canned tuna in the US dropped in 2016, while it grew in eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Lischewski: Bumble Bee will enter salmon, shrimp aquaculture
Eyeing salmon and shrimp farming as 'the future', Bumble Bee Foods will source a third or more of its seafood from aquaculture in the next two decades, CEO Chris Lischewski said
Judge limits tuna antitrust suits but allows them to proceed
A California judge has limited the arguments that consumers alleging price-fixing in the packaged seafood industry can use in their lawsuits against the major US tuna canners
China to lower import tariffs for popular seafood products on Jan. 1
Import tariffs will be reduced on imports of coldwater shrimp, crab, pollock and six species of frozen tuna, on Jan. 1, but there is confusion over lobster
NOAA raising trade data requirements to deter IUU imports
The US fishing regulator has launched an import traceability program to deter illegally caught foreign fish from entering the country
PNA focused on tracking fast-growing number of Pacific FADs
As many as 50,000 FADs are likely in use in Pacific tuna fishery, many of which are equipped with increasingly sophisticated technology, according to PNA CEO
Anova to double cod volumes with MAP-targeted line
New production line in Netherlands plant will produce a wide range of fresh, chilled and frozen cod products sourced from Norway and the Barents Sea
20 groups issue joint call for WCPFC tuna harvest strategies
NGOs, vessel owners, retailers, tuna processors and more have signed the letter urging action at the Fiji WCPFC meeting