EU begins Sri Lanka import ban
After announcing a red card against Sri Lankan imports of seafood in October, based on a lack of work towards fighting IUU, the EU this week begins its ban
Frozen imports see record year of landings in Philippines tuna capital
The Philippines' tuna capital General Santos City had a banner year in 2014, despite widespread anxieties over rapidly declining tuna stocks
Princes ups profit as UK sales decline
Mitsubishi-owned tuna and food group ups profits on flat sales of £1.61bn, with UK sales slightly down
Tri Marine aims to get FAD-free Pacific skipjack, yellowfin tuna MSC-certified
Tri Marine aims to get MSC-certification for FAD-free catches of skipjack and yellowfin tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Tri Marine: Consensus, enforcement of tuna protection measures must improve
Lack of measures aimed at reversing the declining trend of the Western and Central Pacific bigeye and albacore stocks, along with pervasive enforcement inadequacies, among major disappointments Matt Owens cites from the latest WCPFC meeting
GSP extension good news for Ecuador shrimp, tuna sellers
After some uncertainly that hit demand, Ecuador will continue to have GSP+ tariffs for sale to the Europe Union in 2015, as Thailand loses preferential tariff on raw shrimp
Pacific tuna situation ‘pretty bleak’
Preserving tuna stocks in the Pacific now needs the same profile in the region as climate change, according to Ambassador for Pacific Development Shane Jones
Sources: Tri Marine selling tuna seiner to Albacora amid ‘chronically oversupplied’ market
US-based tuna group is selling one of the two tuna purse seiners it is having built in Spain to Albacora, with the second also up for grabs, sources told Undercurrent News
Bodies found in freezer of suspected IUU boat off Papua New Guinea
Bodies were found packed among tuna in the freezer after the fishing boat ran aground at Paona Island
World Bank approves $33m fisheries grant
The World Bank has approved a $33m grant for a program to strengthen fisheries management in select Pacific countries