Analysts: US quality groceries trend on trial in Haggen expansion
Resiliensea Group CEO Phil Gibson sees promising signs for largest FTC-required US grocery divestiture in history, while Perishable Pundit founder Jim Prevor emphasizes the limitations of the price-conscious market
Thailand opens ‘Port In – Port Out’ center to fight IUU
Center requiring vessels to report activities opens with ceremony at the Phuket Fisheries Seashore Radio Station
Thai investigators uncover remote gravesite, suspected to contain trafficked migrants
Among the latest developments in the human trafficking fight in Thailand is the uncovering, on Tuesday, of a remote jungle gravesite believed to contain the remains of trafficked migrants
FDA issues warning to Louisiana catfish processor
The FDA has found that seafood processed at Bridge Foods facility in New Orleans, Louisiana had serious violations of HACCP
Greenpeace: All major Aussie tuna brands commit to FAD-free fish
All major Australian brands have committed to end the use of FADs with purse seine nets in favour of FAD-free and pole and line fishing, according to Greenpeace
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
Fishery improvement projects need regulatory improvements, researchers say
The fishery improvement projects (FIPs) need to be tweaked to make sure they are delivering sustainable seafood, researchers say
Trident, other Alaska salmon firms mull separate MSC client group as talks continue to join ASPA
With no word yet on joining the existing MSC Alaska salmon client group, Trident and others are considering setting up their own in a ‘parallel action’ to talks to join the Silver Bay-led ASPA
Spanish canner Frinsa becomes latest member of global pole & line group
Galician cannery Frinsa del Noroeste has become the newest and 26th member of the International Pole & Line Foundation
Marist College, Sodexo work with Sysco to obtain MSC certification
New York’s Marist College and its dining services partner, Sodexo, have gotten Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) chain-of-custody certification