Acme Smoked Fish Introduces Two New Products: Sesame Crusted Smoked Yellowfin Tuna and Lox in a Box Snack Kits

December 11, 2023 Acme Smoked Fish Corporation

Acme Smoked Fish is debuting two new unique smoked fish products to kick off an exciting year ahead full of product innovation.  Sesame Crusted Smoked Yellowfin Tuna and two Lox in a Box Snack Kits combine Acme’s creativity together with four generations of expertise from the family-owned fish smoker.  The new products will first preview at Acme’s popular Fish Friday Outlet in Brooklyn, and will be available for nationwide distribution in January.  

New Shark Conservation Report Launched at Atlantic Tuna Meeting Targets Troublesome Gaps

November 13, 2023 ICCAT

A new Shark League gap analysis highlights where shark fishing and trading nations are falling short after decades of conservation commitments made through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES, a global wildlife treaty) and the International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT, a regional fishery management organization).

Franklin Farms Introduces Plant-Based Tuna

May 12, 2023 Franklin Farms

Franklin Farms® a division of Keystone Natural Holdings, has expanded its plant-based product line with the launch of a new plant-based tuna product. Franklin Farms Plant-Based Tuna captures the taste and texture of real tuna without the environmental impacts caused by commercial tuna fishing. This better-for-you new product will be available in two varieties, Original and Jalapeño, in stores nationwide this month.

World’s Largest Tuna Company Leads Call for Restoration of Endangered Species

April 10, 2023 Thai Union Group

Thai Union’s action is based on research by Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) on the risks to sharks, seabirds, turtles and other marine wildlife in the fisheries that supply the company and an analysis by Key Traceability of Thai Union’s tuna fishery improvement projects and in the highest risk fisheries that were identified in the audit.

Heads up—New Consumer Reports Scare Story

NFI has learned that Consumer Reports magazine is preparing to release a “story” that documents its efforts to test mercury in canned tuna. A story the outlet has repeatedly produced over the years: