Norpac hires former seafood buyer as first director of retail sales
Amidst growing demand from retailers, Norpac Fisheries Export hired their first director of retail sales, whose long history of working as a retail buyer herself will offer valuable insight
Vigo tuna conference blog: Tri Marine investing in US market despite decrease in tuna consumption
Undercurrent News is in Vigo, Spain, for the VII Worldwide Tuna Conference; keep up with the latest from the international speakers here
Philippines in talks with ‘tuna rich’ Pacific countries
Government of the Philippines starts informal negotiations with countries in the tuna-rich Pacific Islands in a bid to forge a regional cooperation deal on trade and fisheries
Spanish yard launches new 81m tuna seiner
Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards launched Guria, an 81.54m tuna seiner to be delivered to fishing company Nicra 7
Australian, Japanese companies in JV to fish unused tuna quota
Ikeda Suisan beats Chinese government to punch in deal to cooperate with All Oceans Group, on fishing a 'long-dead fishery' targeting bigeye and yellowfin
2014 Pacific tuna catch hit new record
Fishermen in the western and central Pacific Ocean caught a record level of tuna -- more than 2.8m tons -- in 2014
Philippine 2014 tuna export value down 30%
The value of the Philippines’ tuna exports in 2014 dropped by 30% despite an increase in total volume
Thai Union Q2 net profit drops 7.2% despite strong European showing
A ‘robust performance’ from Thai Union’s European subsidiaries can’t stop currency issues and one-offs hitting bottom line, despite sales rising
Marshall Islands push to cut bigeye tuna catches
The Marshall Islands will host a fisheries meeting later this month that aims to develop measures to reduce current heavy fishing that has put bigeye tuna stocks in jeopardy
US tuna price fixing lawsuit alleges Thai Union, Bumble Bee co-packing is ‘opportunity to collude’
Lawsuit accusing US big three tuna brands of keeping prices for finished products high when raw material was low, with co-packing arrangement between Chicken of the Sea plant in Georgia and Bumble Bee’s site in California cited