The EU, being one of the largest consumers and producers of tuna and other seafood, needs to improve its fisheries and aquaculture policies. This was pointed out in the recently published ‘The...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Adjudicator Rules In Favor, PNA Recertified For Another 5 Years With FAD Sets
After a lengthy and costly battle, the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery PNA has been allowed to display its sustainable logo for an additional five years. Last week, the independent...
Tori Lines Does Not Work For Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
The results of the tori line experiment on Hawaiian longliners to mitigate albatross bycatch were discussed in the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and...
World Leaders Assert Role Of Tuna In Global Nutrition And Livelihoods
Leaders at the recently held G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting in Brazil acknowledged the need to prioritize the role of tuna and other fisheries and aquaculture in global nutrition and...
Ecuadorian Tuna Fishery Scripts History By Receiving Fair Trade Certification
A group of Ecuadorian pole-and-line fishers, the Asociacion Caneros de Manta, was awarded an international Fair Trade Certification for their tuna catches last month. It is the first...
Spanish, French, And Korean Fisheries Get MSC Certified
The Spanish North Atlantic albacore fishery scope extension to add vessels of the French association OP Pecheurs D'Aquitaine received MSC certification. Korean Dae Hae yellowfin, bigeye, and...
NOAA Puts Forth Expansion Plan For US Tuna Fisheries Electronic Reporting
US federal agency NOAA announced a fisheries proposal on electronic reporting last week which could be introduced at the beginning of next year in the Greater Atlantic and Southeast regions of...
IATTC’s Measures Applauded But Still More Work To Be Done Say NGOs
The IATTC annual meeting concluded with the consensus to extend the current conservation measures for tropical tuna for another two years. Besides adopting interim standards for electronic...
IATTC Adopts Minimum EM Standards
The interim minimum standards for electronic monitoring (EM) were adopted on the last day of the IATTC meeting. NGOs have been pushing for this decision before and during the meeting. Atuna...
Sarah Malloy To Oversee American Samoa For NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new Regional Administrator, Sarah Malloy, will assume the role from today. The sustainable use of marine life activities in the US...
Dongwon Collaborates With LG Electronics On Target CO2 Neutral By 2050
Korean companies Dongwon Group and LG Electronics signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reduce the carbon emissions of Dongwon by more than 40 percent by 2030. The Group, whose...
MSC Spain’s New Director To Promote Sustainable Fishing In The Region
Alberto Carlos Martín Aristín has been appointed as the new Director of MSC Spain and Portugal. He will replace Laura Rodríguez Zugasti who has held that position since 2011. Martín Aristín...
IATTC Discusses Need For Interim Electronic Monitoring Standards
The IATTC annual meeting is currently ongoing and the interim minimum standards on electronic monitoring (EM) on vessels have been discussed and recommendations on sharks, and FADs have also...
False Environmental Claims On Tuna Labeling Misleading Kiwis
The sustainability claims made for tuna and other seafood sold in New Zealand are “unsubstantiated, ambiguous, and vague,” according to New Zealand-based scientist Kathryn Bradbury. She also...
MSC Criticized For Turning Blind Eye Towards Forced Labor On Tuna Boats
A UK-based ocean science journal recently published a paper that bashed the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for not taking adequate steps to address forced labor on tuna vessels. The study,...
Major Global Highlights August 2024
August was an exciting month for the global tuna industry with several sweeping events. The Maldives government announced that it will reopen the yellowfin longline fishery which raised...
FCF Wants MSC For Its IO Longline Albacore Fishery
Taiwanese tuna company FCF is pursuing an MSC certification for its longline albacore catches in the Indian Ocean and Mauritius EEZ. The CAB, SCS Global Services, published the Announcement...
The Importance of Verification: Why Go Beyond Traceability and Regulatory Compliance?
-Viewpoint- For over a century, supply chain management has focused on reliability and efficiency. However, in today’s market, these traditional goals are no longer sufficient. Regulatory...
Pew Says EM Standards In The EPO Are At Stake
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) stated that two working groups chaired by the US have not finalized their efforts to allow RFMOs to take action this year to improve transparency and combat...
FCF Kick-Starts Program To Mitigate Seabird Bycatch In Longline Fishery
Taiwanese tuna trader FCF began collaborating with two NGOs earlier in August to reduce seabird bycatch within its longline fishing fleet. The country has the second largest longliner fleet in...