Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has announced that it has successfully completed the first round of beta testing an IT tool that enables automatic computer-to-computer sharing...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Pacifical Partners Urge Adoption Of Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard In WCPO
Partners of Pacifical have called for the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS), centering around crew rights and their safety, to be adopted in their MSC tuna supply chain. They...
FCF Cert Scope Extension Includes All Taiwan-Flagged Seiners
The conformity assessment body, SCS Global, recently announced a scope extension for the Western Pacific Sustainable Tuna Alliance (WPSTA). The fishery holds a certification for skipjack and...
Itochu Corporation Inches Closer To MSC Certification
The Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) has released the Public Comment Draft Report for Japanese trader Itochu Corporation for its MSC assessment in WCPO. The SI WCPO Skipjack and Yellowfin Tuna...
ICCAT Should Adopt Harvest Strategy For Bluefin This Year
Global stakeholders in the tuna business gathered to discuss the importance of sustainable management of Atlantic bluefin, tropical tuna, and swordfish in the ICCAT convention area. Experts...
Canadian Ocean Brands Goes 100% MSC On Skipjack
Canadian canned seafood company, Ocean Brands has announced that its Ocean’s label is now using 100 percent MSC certified skipjack. The company sells canned tuna and other seafood under...
On The Hook Starts Own MSC Review, Council Calls It A Distraction
The On the Hook campaign has taken a new step on the road towards its goals of holding MSC accountable in guaranteeing that the sustainable certification is delivering on its vision of an...
Philippine And PNG Fleet To Extend Their MSC Certification
A little less than two years after the PNG Fishing Industry Association (FIA) received its MSC certification for the country’s EEZ and Archipelagic Waters (AW), the fishery is now aiming to...
Tri Marine Longline Albacore Fishery A Step Closer To Certification
Tri Marine is inching closer to another MSC certification. SCS Global Services, the Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) published the Public Comment Draft Report for the Atlantic Albacore...
Tuna Skin Leather Shoes?
The skin waste from processing sustainable and responsible fished tuna has found a second life in ‘Pantuna’ tuna leather. Seafood company Barba and leather tanning firm Megisserie de la...
TUNACONS Positive About MSC Cert, Despite Skipjack Failing Assessment
Skipjack and bigeye in the EPO have been removed from the MSC certification of the Ecuadorian fishing group, TUNACONS. This was revealed by the Conformity Assessment Body (CAB), SCS Global...
Thai Regulator Sets Rules On Sustainability Transparency
Thailand’s market security regulator has announced that Asset Management Companies (AMCs) should have clear guidelines for disclosing information with regards to Sustainable and Responsible...
DNA Sequencing Water Samples Gives More Accuracy For Monitoring Tuna
Spanish research organization, AZTI, has studied the potential of environmental DNA sequencing to analyze the diversity, abundance, and distribution of fish in the Bay of Biscay up to 2,000...
EU Carding Scheme To Fight IUU Very Successful
The EU anti-IUU "yellow and red carding scheme", which has been in force since 2010, has led to real and tangible progress in improving fisheries governance in four carded countries, according...
Tuna Production Will Have To Become Circular: EU’s Green Deal
Sustainable and circular products should become the norm in the European Union (EU), according to the Green Deal package that was presented yesterday by the European Commission. The new...
Satlink Helping Maldives Reduce Ghost Gear
Spanish satellite buoy technology company Satlink has teamed up with two international organizations to establish a program for the collection and recycling of abandoned, lost, or discarded...
Thai Union To Improve Supply Chain Transparency With Seafood Metrics System
Thai Union has inked a deal with US-based non-profit Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to improve the transparency in its tuna and seafood global supply chains. The agreement was...
OPAGAC Officially Certified In The WCPO
Yesterday the Public Certification Report (PCR) for the Spanish OPAGAC MSC certification in the WCPO was published. The assessment includes skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye catches by purse...
PNG FIA Says Tesco Now Buying MSC Tuna From Its Members
According to the spokesman for Papua New Guinea's tuna industry, the leading British supermarket chain Tesco has closed a deal to buy MSC certified tuna from members of the PNG’s Fishing...
Satlink Wins UN Award For Contribution To Sustainable Fishing
The smart buoy of Spanish technology company Satlink has been recognized as the Best Project in the third edition of the go!SDG Awards by the UN Global Compact, an important initiative for...