Kroger lagging as Whole Foods, Safeway top Greenpeace US seafood sustainability ranking
Greenpeace released the 8th edition of its annual report, Carting Away the Oceans, which evaluates 26 major US retailers on their seafood sourcing and sustainability
Analyst sees $1,500/t as likely average skipjack price for 2014
SCB Securities expects average tuna price in 2014 of $1,500 per metric ton, down from $1,956 in 2013; now at $1,225, a fall of almost 50% year-on-year
MSC tuna’s failure to reach market costing ‘£1m per day’
The Earth Island Institute and the Dolphin Safe label have blocked MSC skipjack from reaching markets, said Pacifical's Henk Brus at an MSC meeting in Brussels last week
Tuna management groups woefully slow to adopt harvest control rules, says ISSF
Sustainable fisheries depend on a very simple concept: set harvest control rules and then enforce them
Thai Union appoints global innovation director
Thai Union Frozen Products has announced the appointment of Tunyawat Kasemsuwan to the new position of director of global innovation, effective May 2, 2014
Singapore sovereign wealth fund invests in Filipino tuna canner
Private equity arm of GIC and owner of Filipino canner Century Canning Corp agree on exchangeable loan of approximately $76m
Sainsbury’s rolls out sandwich range with MSC pole & line tuna
UK supermarket is reportedly first in the country to launch MSC certified tuna sandwich and salads using pole & line tuna from the Maldives
Skipjack buyers come back into market as prices start to firm
Prices for skipjack are firming again, having seemingly hit the bottom in April, sources told Undercurrent News
Pew Trust to extend FAD-tracking project across PNA waters
NGO's tuna conservation project will roll management measures out to track 30,000 fish aggregating devices in the western and central Pacific
Filipino tuna, sardine canner sets price for IPO
Century Pacific Food sets price for its initial public offering of a 10% stake at PHP 13.75 per share, potentially raising PHP 3.16bn