Call for former Mozambique president’s arrest in $850m tuna fleet scandal
A Mozambique politician called for arrest of former president Armando Guebuza in connection with government guarantees for $850m loan for state-owned tuna company
Cook Islands albacore fishery achieves MSC certification
WWF commended the fishery but it has reservations on MSC assessments
Sea Value investing up to $15m in expansion amid uncertainly over Bumble Bee shares
World’s second largest tuna canner is investing in expanding its facilities and looking longer term to an IPO, despite uncertainty stemming from Thai Union’s move for Bumble Bee, which holds minority stake in Sea Value
Starkist to pay $12m to settle claims of cheating US canned tuna buyers
US tuna supplier, owned by Dongwon, agrees to pay $12m into a fund to settle 2013 claim it cheated consumers by supplying them with under-filled cans
Pafco’s new freezer to allow more regular tuna supply
Pacific Fishing Company putting Bumble Bee Foods loan to use; construction on new 4,000t coldstore to begin at the end of May
Starkist wants minimum wage freeze in Samoa cannery
Starkist wants to continue the current freeze on the minimum wage in American Samoa, where the US-based company operates a large cannery
Thai shrimp, tuna processor brings in new CFO from Nutreco
Thai processor Asian Seafoods Coldstorage has picked up new executive vice president and chief financial officer from Nutreco, parent company of Skretting
Spanish canner Frinsa becomes latest member of global pole & line group
Galician cannery Frinsa del Noroeste has become the newest and 26th member of the International Pole & Line Foundation
ISSF calls for better management of Indian Ocean tuna fishery
The ISSF on Thursday called for the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to improve management of fish aggregating devices
World tuna catches increasing at a million tons every decade
Catches of skipjack, albacore and bigeye tuna have been increasing at a rate of around one million metric tons a decade