Filipino handline-caught tuna plant to get $8m expansion
Meliomar, a processing plant established in Manila by consultancy BlueYou, is looking to triple its output of traceable yellowfin by 2020
WWF concerned over IOTC’s ‘high’ limits on FAD use
WWF is concerned at the decision of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to adopt high limits on numbers of FADs at the close of its annual meeting taking place in Busan, Korea
Starkist wants minimum wage freeze in Samoa cannery
Starkist wants to continue the current freeze on the minimum wage in American Samoa, where the US-based company operates a large cannery
Thai shrimp, tuna processor brings in new CFO from Nutreco
Thai processor Asian Seafoods Coldstorage has picked up new executive vice president and chief financial officer from Nutreco, parent company of Skretting
PNA, tuna purse seiners organization agree on measures amid low prices
Meeting in Marshall Islands considers the current market situation for tuna and the low price for tuna in the global market
Bolton snaps up majority stake in Spain’s Garavilla
Internal email seen by Undercurrent News welcomes addition of Spanish canner, known for the Isabel brand, to Bolton Group
US catcher Oceans Fleet sees EU tuna demand after Sri Lanka ban
US firm Oceans Fleet exhibited at the Seafood Expo Global trade show for the first time ever in an effort to expand sales of scallops and lobster, but saw strong interest in tuna
Mexico-US ‘dolphin-safe’ trade battle highlights controversy over FADs
The 'dolphin-safe' trade dispute between the United States and Mexico highlights a broader argument in the fishing industry — that about fish aggregation devices
World tuna catches increasing at a million tons every decade
Catches of skipjack, albacore and bigeye tuna have been increasing at a rate of around one million metric tons a decade
Fresh tuna prices stable again after initial chaos of Sri Lanka ban
Prices on tuna out of alternative supply routes like the Maldives are back down after a spike in February; now resting just a little higher than 2014 prices