Tuna fishing company Sapmer is teaching future sailors on Reunion Island about sustainable fishing. A team from the firm visited Léon Lepervanche high school in Le Port to speak to a maritime...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Freshé – The Disruptor Of US Canned Tuna Category?
Newcomer Freshé is determined to bring more color and flavor to the US canned tuna market. Its founders say that they want their products “to disrupt the traditional canned food industry” in...
MSC Asks Public To Critically Review Improvements To Its Fisheries Standards
It has been four years since the process to review the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard started, and now the Council has made public a document with the proposed changes....
Most Active Bigeye FIPs In High Risk Zones
Tuna fishing companies pursuing sustainability enter Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) aiming to take their practices to higher levels, often to meet the MSC standards. The health of the...
ATUNA: End Year Break From Dec 27th Through Jan 2nd
The ATUNA team would like to wish you Happy and Safe Holidays, with our very best wishes for a healthy and successful 2022! During this festive period, we will be taking a short break; our...
Chinese Longline Fishery Enters MSC Assessment In IO, WCPO & EPO
The Chinese tuna longline fishing company Zhejiang Ocean Family is starting the process to obtain MSC certification for its skipjack, bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and swordfish catches in the...
Major Global Tuna Highlights November 2021
In November, the Bangkok skipjack price jumped to an unexpected level driven by poor WCPO catches. Also, the ICCAT concluded its annual meeting, a lawsuit was filed over ‘Tuna Not So...
Princes Joins New Sustainable Tuna Association To Represent Mauritian Interests
Princes Tuna Mauritius and IBL Seafood have joined forces and launched the Sustainable Tuna Association (STA) on November 17. The Mauritian tuna processing industry and its value chain want...
World’s Largest MSC Certification Delayed Over HCRs & FAD Objections
The process to get the FAD catches of the world’s largest MSC tuna fishery certified has been delayed at its last stage as it was just slapped with an official objection. The latest MSC update...
ISSF Members 100% In Line With Conservation Measures
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced that for the second time in five years all its members are 100 percent compliant with its Conservation Measures &...
PNG-FIA Fishery MSC Certified For Bigeye
The bigeye catches of the PNG Fishing Industry Association (FIA) have officially received MSC certification as no objections were logged. SCS Global Services, the conformity assessment body in...
Coalition Blocks OPAGAG’s Ambition Towards WCPO MSC Certification
The MSC certification of OPAGAC in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has received an official objection. The Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries (CTTF) is arguing that the...
Pacifical Targets GSA Social Certification For 7,000 Purse Seiner Crew
The market development company of the PNA, Pacifical, has announced that it has started the work to get the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) certification for all its fishing operations. This...
ICCAT Meeting Starts & Seiners Orgs Want Higher Bigeye Catch Limits
Today, ICAAT members have started discussing the current and future management protocols for tuna in the Atlantic Ocean (AO) at the RFMO’s annual meeting, which is taking place by video...
Thai Union Launches Second Set Of Sustainable Bonds For USD 182 Mil
The Thai Union Group is getting into the swing of blue financing and has issued another set of bonds but only one of the sustainable targets, which will affect investor interest rate, has to...
112 Concerned Tuna Supply Chain Players Urge HCRs In WCPO
A total of 112 companies including the world’s largest global retailers, tuna brands, and fishing firms have written to the Heads of Delegations of the WCPFC. They are urging them to...
MSC Wants Stakeholders’ Opinions
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced that its Stakeholder Survey is open and has stated that it wants perspectives on the organization. This includes its priorities, the value of...
MSC Losing Ground In A Very Organic & Sustainably Oriented Austrian Market
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has released the latest report about Austria, a European nation with a strong focus on sustainability and the highest percentage of organically farmed...
Major Global Tuna Highlights October 2021
The tuna industry has had major issues in October. These range from IATTC members finally agreeing on conservation measures for tropical tuna, poor landings strongly guiding the price of tuna...
PNA FAD Fishery One Step Away From MSC Certification
The certification assessment body (CAB) has determined that the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery within PNA waters meets the requirements to include FAD sets and bigeye into their...