Friend of the Sea launches new ‘non-entangling FADs’ standard
Friend of the Sea introduces new criteria for the certification of tuna from sustainable fisheries, requiring the use of non-entangling FADs
Cook Islands residents protest Spanish tuna seiners
Residents of the Cook Islands are opposing a plan that would see Spanish tuna seiners allowed to fish the country's waters in exchange for $13m over six years
California congressman wants gov’t support for US tuna fleet
A California congressman wants the US government to assist the US-flagged tuna fleet amidst its current economic troubles
FDA issues warning letter to New York processor over HACCP violations
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to Apollo Fish Company after finding Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point violations in its processing facility
2015 tuna roundup: Skipjack price crisis, cartel accusations rock US market
2015 has been a busy year for the tuna sector, with unstable prices, certification issues and ongoing management debates
Court rules against environmental groups in Hawaiian bigeye tuna lawsuit
A US federal court in Hawaii has ruled against environmental groups that sought to increase restrictions on the amount of bigeye tuna that can be caught in the Pacific Ocean
Tri Marine excluded from American Samoa tax credit that benefits Starkist
Tuna group looking into 'significant tax disadvantage' as same multimillion tax credit that benefits a Starkist canning facility in American Samoa is not available to its own facility
Debate in Solomon Islands over Taiwanese tuna seiners
A recent decision from the government of the Solomon Islands to issue flags the three Taiwanese purse seiners will not benefit the islands, a journalist claimed
WCPFC meeting did show some progress, says FFA
Meeting, which has been criticized by conservation groups and the Parties to the Nauru Agreement for a lack of successes, made incremental progress, according to FFA
WCPFC improves observer safety, but Pacific tuna remain unprotected
Pew Charitable Trusts and the World Wide Fund for Nature have noted the management meeting over the past week gas failed to end bigeye and bluefin overfishing