Bumble Bee targeted for alleged false marketing claims in lawsuit
'Bumble Bee and its supplier and parent company FCF have a long history of engaging in and/or allowing unfair and dangerous labor practices' -- a lawsuit asserts
Malaysia among most promising new markets for Alaska pollock
A new report gives the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers, the US pollock sector's marketing arm, a market development road map of places to go to promote its products for the next 18 years
Whale entanglements force halt to almost all California Dungeness harvests
The whales got tangled up in Dungeness fishing gear off San Mateo County and in Monterey Bay
$2.4m in COVID funding possibly misallocated to NJ fisheries
'Our report finds that DEP did not take adequate steps to address red flags and protect federal recovery funds from being misspent' -- Kevin Walsh, acting state comptroller
14 EU members launch new bottom fishing alliance ‘to fight back conservationists’
Fishing organizations from 14 EU members representing over 7,000 vessels have launched the European Bottom Fishing Alliance in the EU Parliament
FishWise, Seafood Legacy agree to tackle human rights violations in Japan
'This collaboration presents a significant opportunity to embed effective human rights due diligence in one of the largest seafood importing and consuming markets in the world' -- Ashley Greenley, FishWise
US study: Seafood workers twice as likely to catch COVID
There were 65 positive cases per 1,000 workers in seafood during the timeframe of the research, compared to 31 cases per 1,000 in the overall food system
Four crew missing after Japanese tuna vessel fire
The fire was reported on a vessel off the Japanese coast on March 21, and was crewed by two Japanese and six Indonesian fishers
EJF: Insurer’s decision to end contract with IUU tuna fleet could set precedent
Insurer Hydor has ended its contract with three vessels that were blacklisted by the ICCAT late last year
Alaska closes some Dungeness fisheries to aid subsistence harvesters
'They just wanted to push the commercial operators out just a short ways' -- Kurt Whitehead, state fish and game advisory committee member