NGO urges Eastern Pacific tuna managers to adopt albacore harvest strategy
North Pacific albacore will take center stage at the upcoming August meeting of the IATTC, following a successful northern committee meeting with the WCPFC
Pacific monument expansion would kill Starkist tuna cannery, council warns Biden administration
'This new action will force US purse seiners to fish farther away from Pago Pago Harbor and transport their catch to Mexico and Ecuador instead of the StarKist Samoa cannery...' -- Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
US ag spending bills would stoke mercury controversy, crackdown on shrimp, ease some catfish inspections
It's unusual to find many provisions of concern to seafood in US ag spending legislation, but there are quite a few in bills making their way through Congress
Consumer Reports continues drumbeat against pregnant women eating tuna
The magazine stokes the issue in its July 2023 edition, also publishing a petition to get the FDA to update its tuna consumption guidelines
Walmart to source tuna only from vessels with 100% monitoring
Walmart is the world's largest retail company with more than 10,500 stores in 24 countries
ISSF reports 85% of global tuna catch sourced from healthy stocks
Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 85% is sourced from stocks at healthy levels; in addition, 11% came from overfished stocks and 4% from stocks at an intermediate level of abundance
Value of MSC check questioned in lawsuits against Bumble Bee, Walmart
MSC standards do not prevent 'the suffocation and crushing of dolphins caught in fishing nets' -- lawsuits recently filed against Bumble Bee Foods and Walmart
NFI attacks Consumer Reports for restoking tuna mercury controversy
'From can to can, mercury levels can spike in unpredictable ways that might jeopardize the health of a fetus' -- James Rogers, Consumer Reports
Recap UCN’s full coverage of Tuna 2022
Undercurrent News blogged live from the 2022 World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition but also came back with many stories to write over the last few weeks
Chinese-backed Spanish tuna canner completes $30m factory
Albo has completed the expansion of its new processing plant in the northern part of Spain, according to a stock exchange alert from its Chinese parent