Tag: fish
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Spain Seizes Illegally Colored Tuna
In collaboration with EUROPOL, Spain’s environmental protection service has seized 45 tons of tuna illegally treated with color-enhancing substances. The tuna was frozen and acceptable for canned use, but four individuals were recoloring the fish and selling it as fresh, according to the investigators. The alleged perpetrators face up to four years in prison for…
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Court Approves Preliminary Ban on Imports from Mexican Fisheries Using Gillnetting
The U.S. Court of International Trade has approved a preliminary injunction preventing the importation of fish from Mexican commercial fisheries that use gillnets near where vaquitas are found. NRDC v. Ross, No. 18-0055 (Ct. Intl. Trade, entered July 26, 2018). The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed the lawsuit to protect the remaining population—about 15—of…
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Distributor’s “Local” Fish Misleads Customers, AP Reports
The Associated Press has published an investigation into Sea To Table, a seafood distributor that reportedly misled its clients—including universities, meal-kit companies and high-profile chefs—about the source of its fish. The company promised to inform customers about the location of the fishing boats that caught its products, but AP reporters purportedly found evidence that the…
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Plaintiff Seeks Class Action Over Bumble Bee Smoked Salmon Labeling
A plaintiff has filed a lawsuit alleging Bumble Bee Foods’ Medium Red Smoked Salmon Fillet in Oil is neither medium red wild coho salmon nor smoked. Rodriguez v. Bumble Bee Foods Inc., No. 17-2447 (S.D. Cal., filed December 6, 2017). The complaint asserts that the term “medium red” is commonly used to describe wild coho salmon,…
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Officials Call for Recreational Fishers’ Help After Salmon Farm Collapse
Following the collapse of a salmon farm, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has asked recreational fishers to help catch as many Atlantic salmon as possible. Cooke Aquaculture cited “exceptionally high tides and currents coinciding with this week’s solar eclipse” as the cause of the damage, which released an unknown number of farm-bred Atlantic…
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GE Salmon Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a bill that would require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) salmon and independent scientific review of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s environmental assessment of GE fish produced for human consumption. “The primary purpose of this bill is to ensure that consumers have all the facts and…
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“Codfather” Pleads Guilty in Fish Falsification Case
The owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the United States has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, falsifying federal records, cash smuggling and tax evasion in a case accusing him of deliberately misreporting the types of fish he caught to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). U.S. v. Rafael, No. 16-10124 (D.…
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Court Finds Bumble Bee Tuna Omega-3 Labeling “Open to Criticism” But Not Illegal
A California court held that Bumble Bee Foods, LLC did not act illegally by claiming its tuna was an “excellent source” of omega-3 fatty acids despite a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal to prohibit the practice. Garrett v. Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, No. 14-264322 (Cal. Sup. Ct. Santa Clara Cty., order entered March…