ISSF downgrades Pacific bigeye stock rating in new report
Pacific bigeye stock ratings lowered on Wednesday with the release of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) latest version of its "Status of the Stocks Ratings" report
Spain’s Jealsa Rianxeira opens $8.6m Brazil cannery
Inaugurated on Sept. 15, Jealsa Rianxeira's factory has the capacity to produce 10m cans a month
John West touts new products, Dubai sales office as 2013 profit falls
Sales office in UAE will develop sales to Middle East and North Africa, says UK tuna canner owned by Thai Union Frozen Products
GSP+ downgrade puts Maldives MSC tuna supplier in scramble for new markets
Horizon Fisheries is considering Russia, Australia as alternative markets as duty to EU is set to go from zero to 20.5% in 2015. But Maldives' fisheries minister sees the US as the top new destination for country's MSC tuna
ISSF: Lower catches, simpler rules needed to protect Western, Central Pacific bigeye tuna
Although stock isn't facing 'imminent collapse', catches must be reduced and clear, simpler measures need to be enforced, says ISSF
Pew warns of steep decline in Pacific bigeye tuna population
Most recent assessment of bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean confirms that less than 20% of the population remains, says NGO
World’s top 100 seafood companies close in on $100bn turnover
Combined, the 100 companies on our ranking this year had revenues of nearly $100bn, up by $1.8bn from our 2013 report
Greenpeace demands ‘urgent’ recovery plan for bigeye tuna
New assessments reveal that bigeye tuna is now officially overfished, says the NGO
Body warns of worsening bigeye tuna conditions in Western, Central Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Community released data showing skipjack and yellowfin remain healthy, but bigeye situation is worsening
EU deplores lack of progress at IATCC
European commission particularly worried over lack of agreement on procedure to name new director, plunging organization into legal uncertainty when current director's mandate expires in August