Pacifical, the marketing and supply chain verification company representing the PNA MSC tuna fishery, small Pacific Island countries and their people, was officially handed the Letter of...
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ISSF Report Shows 99.75 Percent Members Conform To Conservation Measures
The “Annual Conservation Measures and Commitments Compliance Report” shows 99.75 percent compliance by 2022 with all conservation measures in effect. The International Seafood Sustainability...
Sustainable Tuna & Seafood Should Feed World Population Say Experts In MSC Forum
Sustainability and “blue transformation” were very much the themes of the “Global Seafood Futures Forum” hosted by MSC on the second day of the Seafood Global Expo 2023. Rupert Howes, CEO of...
Tuna Forum Drafts Workers’ Rights Guidance
An alliance of several NGOs, Tuna Forum, has released guidance for worker rights in the global tuna fisheries. “It is intended to unambiguously state the minimum actions that all...
Pacific Remote Islands MPA Expansion Process Begins
NOAA has begun the process to expand the tuna-rich Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) Marine Protected Area (MPA), announced by the White House in March. According to the proposal...
US Preps For Expansion Of Marine Sanctuary Around Pacific Remote Islands
Tuna-rich Pacific Remote Islands marine protected areas are about to be expanded. On March 21, US President Joe Biden ordered the Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, to consider initiating...
IOTC’s “Objection” Rule Dilutes Tuna Measure Efficacy, Puts Stocks At Risk
The IOTC has the opportunity to “significantly improve how it makes decisions,” according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, but several factors are hindering this. The NGO said a growing number of...
ISSF’s Improved Tool To Analyze Tuna Catch Trend By Gear Types
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated its interactive Stock Status Tool with a Catch Trends tab. Users can analyze the tuna catches per species, gear, and...
Bolton Food Wants To Be “Most Responsible & Sustainable Tuna Company For The World”
Bolton Food has a major ambition – it wants to be the “most responsible and sustainable tuna company for the world.” It is the Food Business Unit of Bolton Group that was founded in Milan in...
Walton Family Foundation Supports Fight Against IUU In Galapagos Marine Park
The Por La Pesca project launched in 2022 to reduce IUU fishing for Ecuadorian and Peruvian artisanal fisheries is now taking on more concrete forms. Building on a successful project in Peru,...
NGO Insists IO Vessels Remove FADs After Fishing
Organizations are stepping up to clean the Indian Ocean and island coasts as the number of FADs spotted in the waters is rising drastically and many are washing ashore. Oceanika – a Mahe-based...
In Search Of An Answer: Was Sun Flower 7 Engaged In IUU Activities?
The WCPFC rules state that deploying and collecting FADs is considered to be fishing. All vessels classified as ‘Fish Carrier’ are not allowed to fish for any species or in any areas, and are...
Major Global Highlights March 2023
A number of major news was reported in March. The Bangkok skipjack price spiked, hitting the barrier, the Korean reefer carrier ‘Sun Flower 7’ was denied access to Bangkok port because of...
More Korean Carriers Zig-Zagged Next To Protected Area
Last week, Atuna investigated the activities of ‘Sun Flower 7’ which was denied unloading its tuna cargo at the Bangkok port. It was revealed that it navigated in a suspicious zig-zag pattern...
Fifteen Global Tuna Stocks Do Not Meet MSC Standards
RFMOs have a lot of work ahead of them in terms of tuna stock conservation and adopting well-defined harvest control rules (HCRs). Out of the 23 global tuna stocks, only eight achieved a...
OPAGAC Claims Bigeye Conservation Efforts Negatively Impact Seiners
OPAGAC, which represents part of the Spanish purse seiner fleet, has criticized ICCAT's bigeye conservation measures. This comes on the heels of Spanish and Central American experts in...
WCPFC’s New Exec Director Takes Over Reins, Says Retail Sector Has Strong Role To Play
Rhea Moss-Christian assumed her new role as WCPFC Executive Director this month. But she is no stranger to matters concerning the tuna industry in the Pacific since she has more than two...
Century Tuna ‘Saving Our Seas’ One Cleanup At A Time
Philippines-based Century Tuna has kick-started the ‘Saving our Seas’ program in collaboration with Aling Tindera (a waste-to-cash initiative) of the NGO HOPE. The initiative began on March 25...
How To Know A (IUU) Carrier Is Part Of An MSC CoC Before Unloading?
How can a cannery know if it has purchased MSC-certified tuna and unloaded the cargo from a carrier that was included in the Chain of Custody (CoC) of the MSC-certified fishery? Yesterday, the...
Poll: Are Tuna From FADs Drifting Through MPAs Unsustainable?
A major issue is being discussed in the global tuna industry about FADs drifting through MPAs. Earlier this month, news broke that the carrier, ‘Sun Flower 7’, was denied offloading 4,000 tons...