Despite yellowfin being in the green in the WCPO, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), which includes PNA member states, has expressed its worry over the sustainability of this...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
FCF Hosts Symposium To Reiterate Its Sustainability Claims
FCF held a one-day event on November 17 that brought together Taiwanese tuna industry stakeholders to promote the “adoption and implementation of sustainable fishing practices.” The...
Maldives Scraps Plans To Relocate Citizens Amid Climate Change Threats
Maldives recently created a stir by announcing that it has tossed out plans to relocate its citizens despite concerns over rising water levels. President Mohamed Muizzu, who asked for USD 500...
NGOs Ask WCPFC For Skipjack Management & Improved Observer Coverage
WCPFC's annual meeting is drawing closer and several organizations have urged the RFMO to take steps to implement the skipjack management procedure (MP). Harvest control rules (HCRs) for...
ICCAT Raises Northern Albacore TAC By 25%
Albeit the extensive discussions regarding the multi-annual conservation and management program for tropical tunas, no progress was achieved when the ICCAT meeting concluded. A simple rollover...
MSC Documentary On Echebastar’s “Quest For Sustainability”
The MSC has released a documentary on the importance and challenges of sustainability for tuna fisheries. It focused on the journey of Spanish fishing company Echebastar which is the...
ISSF: No Improvement In Unhealthy Tuna Stocks
ISSF released a report on the status of the tuna stocks on November 14 and concluded that there has not been any improvement in the unhealthy stocks. There were no changes found since its...
ICCAT Fails Again To Agree On Tuna Conservation Measures
Today is the last day of the ICCAT Regular Meeting in Cairo to adopt measures and regulations. Until yesterday, the members could not reach an agreement on the tuna conservation measures. The...
PNA & 30 Other WCPO MSC Fisheries Adopt Plans For Achieving Harvest Strategy Earlier
Dozens of MSC-certified fisheries in agreement have chosen to early adopt Section SE, one that covers developing and implementing harvest strategies (HS) and harvest control rules (HCRs) and...
ICCAT Scientists Say Yellowfin Stock Assessment Critical
The growing concerns over yellowfin catches consistently surpassing the total allowable catch (TAC) over several years was a vital topic raised at the ongoing 28th Regular meeting that began...
Seychelles Coast Guard And Fisheries Students Team Up For FAD Cleanup
The Seychelles vessel ‘Saya de Malha’ began a one-month FAD retrieval trip on Monday. Officials from the Coast Guard, Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), and students and a lecturer from the...
Former Pew Fisheries Director Will Head Ocean Program
Not long after leading the International Fisheries department in The Pew Charitable Trusts, Tom Pickerell stepped down from this role to join the World Resources Institute (WRI), where he will...
ICCAT Meeting Begins With Bigeye Allocation Issues
The ICCAT 28th Regular Meeting began yesterday in Egypt with member nations focusing on the allocation of bigeye and management measures for reducing juvenile tuna volumes and bycatch. The EU...
PNG Add Two New MPAs
Papua New Guinea announced over 16,000 square km of new marine protected areas (MPAs) in an effort to meet the UN ‘30x30’ pledge to safeguard 30 percent of the oceans by 2030. The new MPAs...
NGOs Accuse UK Retailers Of Hypocrisy By Selling “Unsustainable Tuna”
Three NGOs have pointed fingers at UK-based retailers for “misleading sustainability claims and double standards" in selling their canned tuna products. Blue Marine Foundation, Bloom...
Innovation & Sustainability Key To Increasing Tuna Consumption
Thousands of new tuna products are launched each year and Mintel Group, a global market research firm states that there is room for more innovation. Brands also need push pass barriers of...
MSC Scope Extension For Basque Traditional Albacore Fishery
Spanish North Atlantic Albacore Artisanal Fishery is applying for an MSC scope extension for the fishing area of its two gear types, pole-and-line and trolling. The species and the 27 vessels...
WCPFC Members May Revise Tropical Tuna Measure
Members may agree on a revised tropical tuna measure in the WCPFC when they meet during the annual meeting in December in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, according to the Commission’s Executive...
SeaBOS Reveals Tuna Firms Need To Do More Work On Joint Actions
Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS) has released its first impact report on the actions taken by its nine member companies, which includes Thai Union and Dongwon, at the five major...
AZTI Shares Expertise On Decarbonization And Sustainability For EU Tuna Sector
Experts from the Spanish research center AZTI gave a presentation before the EU Parliament last week on “decarbonization and circular economy in fisheries” as part of the bloc’s efforts to...