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Sysco Pledges To Source Tuna From MSC Or FIPs By 2025
American food distributor, Sysco, has announced it aims to source 100 percent of its top 15 wild-caught Portico Brand seafood species from MSC certified fisheries or those in full assessment...
IUU Nature Of FADs A Serious Problem For MSC
Sustainably labeled tuna could be originating from IUU fisheries thanks to a lack of FAD management in the industry. A recently published paper claimed that even vessels fishing on FAD-free...
Sustainably Managing Fisheries Can Close Global Food Gap
If tuna and other fisheries are managed effectively to help stocks and ecosystems recover, it could increase the amount of food available for millions of people -- in fact, the populations of...
AZTI Leads Study On IO Tuna Stocks’ Productivity Level
Spanish research group AZTI is leading an international study on the productivity levels of skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye in the Indian Ocean (IO). The research is being funded by the EU and...
Start-Up To Introduce “Toona” To Sweden
Stockholm-based start-up, Hooked, will be launching a plant-based alternative for tuna to the Swedish market in the spring of next year. Named Toona, the pouch product contains sustainably...
IOTC Vessel Exception Danger To Yellowfin Rebuilding?
The number of yellowfin catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) has been increasing over the years which is worrying for a tuna species that is overfished according to scientists. Although some...
IOTC Increases Pressure On Countries With Large-Scale Driftnets
The use of driftnets as fishing gear is a controversial issue. The IOTC is trying to get its members, many of whom have pelagic driftnet tuna fishing fleets in the Indian Ocean (IO), to stop...
Electronic Monitoring Proven Solution To Manage Stocks Says Pew
- Advertorial - A study on electronic monitoring (EM) for RFMOs shows that it is a proven and cost-saving solution to monitor and record fishing activities in real-time for purse seiners and...
WCPFC Avoids Crisis, Meeting Concludes With Concrete Decision
The WCPFC annual meeting ended today with member countries taking a positive step of “providing basic safeguards” for tuna stocks in the WCPO. After five days of hard negotiations, the...
CAB To Certify China-Flagged Longliners In Kiribati For MSC
The Control Assessment Body (CAB), Control Union (UK) Limited, has concluded that a Kiribati longline fishery should be certified against the MSC Fisheries Standard. Control Union published...
WCPFC Expected To Rollover Tuna Conservation Measures For 2021
Delegations at the WCPFC appear to be able to reach a consensus regarding conservation measures for the next year on skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye in the WCPO. However, on the issue of...
ISSF: Three Global Tuna Stocks In The ‘Red’
Three global tuna stocks are being overfished and their spawning biomass are not being adequately replenished, according to the latest report by the International Seafood Sustainability...
“Cold” Virtual Meeting To Blame For IATTC Fiasco?
Last year, when RFMO meetings were being scheduled, no one could have predicted the COVID-19 pandemic. However, once it hit, the organizations were forced to think on their feet for safe...
Alarmed NGOs Call For IATTC Emergency Session, Fear Of IUU Status
The lack of agreement on conservation measures for tropical tuna in the EPO for 2021 and beyond at the end of the IATTC annual meeting last week has alarmed many within and outside the...
3 Countries Blocking Seiner FAD Deployment Limit Proposal At IATTC
An important proposal on getting a grip on FAD use in the EPO submitted to the IATTC by Colombia is being rejected by three country members. The document, which was backed by the EU and most...
Think Tank Concludes Seafood Traceability Could Double Profits
Seafood traceability is not only good in terms of being a tool to reach sustainability but also fundamental to optimal business performance, says the new report from the non-profit financial...
Fiji Longline Fishery Gains MSC Cert For Bigeye
On November 30, Lloyd’s Register, the control assessment body (CAB) determined that the Fiji Fishing Industry Association MSC Group could add bigeye to its MSC certification as no objections...
ICCAT Members Disagree On Shortfin Mako Mortality Measures
There is still no consensus among ICCAT member states regarding the endangered shortfin mako sharks, which are bycatch of tuna longliners. In the second round of discussions, countries such as...
Pew Advices Management Procedure For ICCAT Skipjack
The second round of correspondence regarding the various tuna stocks in the ICCAT region started this week. In a statement, The Pew Charitable Trusts said that addressing bigeye rebuilding and...