Thai Union invests in seafood processing, product research incubator
Thai Union launches an innovation incubator, investing over THB 100m in the project, which will focus on tuna processing and product research
Thai Union brands to benefit from sustained low tuna prices
The tuna processor is expected to benefit in 2015 from skipjack prices remaining near what Bualuang Securities sees as their lowest
Greenpeace dubs WCPFC meeting ‘five days of talk and no action’
Greenpeace lambasts lack of movement on bigeye tuna, FAD management; Pew notes some improvement on combating illegal fishing and progressing harvest control rules
Feleti Teo takes helm at WCPFC
Former general secretary of the Pacific Islands Forum appointed to lead Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
Greenpeace accuses Philippines of landing juvenile tuna
In the run-up to the annual Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting, environmental group re-iterates call for FAD ban
Skipjack price in doldrums with markets slow
Skipjack tuna prices seem to have hit the bottom in Bangkok, at $1,150/t, but buyers are not rushing back in yet
Thai Union expects revenue of $4b this year, views M&A as ‘key’
Thai Union Frozen Products is anticipating an 8% rise in revenue to $4 billion this year and views M&A as 'key'
Sanford would sell skipjack tuna vessels if ‘interesting offer’ came up
New Zealand fishing company would 'consider seriously' the sale of two purse seiners, in a move to focus on value-added species and reducing dependency on commodity pricing, the company's CEO tells Undercurrent News
Kyokuyo half-year profits fall on skipjack business slump
Japanese seafood giant Kyokuyo saw its operational income slip 49%, to JPY 721 million ($6 million), for the first half of fiscal 2014 on slumping tuna and skipjack business
WCPFC meeting: Pew calls for improved FAD management, Greenpeace for ban
Annual meeting of tuna RFMO being held Dec. 1-5 in Samoa, as Pew calls for more-effective management of FAD use, Greenpeace for a total ban