The ongoing investigation into price fixing by the Big 3 tuna companies is shining new and unwanted attention on the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI's) species-specific councils, and how the trade group handles members who are found guilty of fraud, such as Bumble Bee.
The NFI operates four councils -- tuna, shrimp, crab and salmon -- all of which include leading seafood suppliers specializing in one of the four species. It also operates the Better Seafood Board, which theoretically polices economic fraud among NFI members, who must sign a pledge of economic integrity to be part of the trade group.
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