More US retailers roll out pole and line tuna products
Four out of the top five retailers in Greenpeace US retail ranking have already or are rolling out more ‘sustainable’, according to Greenpeace, tuna products
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
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
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
Mexican tuna catcher invests $100m to renovate fleet
The investment responds to the need of modernization of the fleet, considered as the largest in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and achieve greater operational flexibility
Thai Union: MW Brands can reach €1bn sales within three to five years
Paris-based tuna canner has ability to up sales by nearly 50% in next few years, says Thai Union president, as he reiterates better outlook ahead for the Thai tuna and shrimp business
New England names former Uniq CEO Eaton as chairman
New England Seafood’s founder Fred Stroyan hands chairman role to Geoff Eaton as it embarks on an international growth strategy
Ex MW Brands CEO Adolfo Valsecchi buys stake in Italian canner
Former longtime CEO of MW Brands has bought a stake in acquisitive Italian premium canner Generale Conserve, home to the As do Mar brand
BP oil spill behind tuna premature death cases, says NOAA report
Panama, Fiji, Vanuatu, two others given until spring 2014 to up IUU fight
EU says Panama, Fiji, Togo, Sri Lanka and Vanuatu have until the spring to demonstrate efforts to fight IUU, while analysis on progress of South Korea, Curacao and Ghana is still 'ongoing'