Fishermen in the southwest Atlantic are mutilating live albatrosses caught in their longliners’ hooks by cutting off their beaks. The sailors then proceed to throw the birds into the ocean...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Dow Jones: TU Almost Perfect On Sustainability Indices
For the seventh year in a row, Thai Union Group has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) with its SeaChange sustainability strategy as the gauge. The seafood giant...
MSC Survey: Big Gap In Consumers’ Intentions And Buying Behavior
Every two years, consumers around the world are surveyed about their attitude towards sustainability involving seafood and the oceans. This is an initiative carried out by MSC and GlobeScan. A...
Fiji Interested In Blue Bonds As Part Of Climate Policy
Fiji is interested in blue bonds as part of its commitment to a sustainable future and is in talks with the UK regarding this. The island nation’s Minister for Economy and the official...
MSC Still Struggling In EU’s Largest Tuna Market
Spain has one of the largest per capita consumption of canned tuna and it is a powerful player in Europe in this sector. However, when it comes to sustainable certified products, an extremely...
Atlantic Tuna Larvae Metabolism In Day & Night
A recent study claims to have assessed for the first time ever the metabolic rate of Atlantic bluefin larvae with the goal of improving the knowledge of their physiology. The results can also...
John Burton Steps Down As IPNLF Chair
The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) has announced that John Burton will be stepping down as Chair on December 1, after steering the organization for the past seven years to...
Agreement On Extending HCR Deadlines For MSC Tuna Fisheries
Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) have extended the deadlines regarding harvest strategies of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified tuna fisheries citing the global COVID-19...
Bermeo Innovathon Invites Sustainable Ideas For Tuna Sector
The tuna capital in the Basque country is inviting participants to the Innovathon Bermeo, a 24-hour online event to come up with innovative ideas for improving the sustainability of the tuna...
US MSC Awareness Not Growing Fast Enough
In two years, awareness of the MSC label in the US has increased by only one percent. However, European countries and China have reported much higher growth in the same period of time. This is...
ISSF Introduces New Vessel List On Sustainable Fishing
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has introduced a new vessel list to serve as a transparency tool for the public regarding a seafood company’s commitments to...
WWF-MSC Conflict Rises Over Atlantic Bluefin Certification
In a public letter to the MSC, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called the sustainable certification of the French SATHOAN bluefin fishery in the Mediterranean as premature. It also declared...
Eastern Atlantic Bluefin From Endangered To Sustainable?
Despite concerns over the Eastern Atlantic bluefin stock, the French SATHOAN bluefin fishery has achieved MSC certification. Control Union (UK) Limited, the Conformity Assessment Body (CAB),...
IPNLF & Earthworm Deal To Bolster French Tuna Sustainability
A partnership agreement has been signed between the non-profit Earthworm Foundation and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) to help create a sustainable supply chain in the...
100% Of Canadian Cannery Products MSC Certified
All Raincoast Trading products are now carrying the MSC blue logo for sustainable fishing. The cannery based in Nanaimo, Canada, has over 25 years of experience and trades albacore and...
Atuna Readers Foresee Big Increase In MSC Tuna Sales
The MSC Annual Report, covering April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2020, showed that compared to other seafood industries, MSC tuna sales have been dramatically underperforming. Although there has...
Tri Marine Hires Tuna Fleet Manager To Lead Sustainability Program
Since August, Christa Svensson has taken on the role of Tri Marine’s Sustainability Program Manager. In the past, she worked as Fleet Manager at Ilwaco Fish Company which fishes for albacore....
Retailers’ Determination Crucial For MSC Tuna To Grow
Tuna may be the world’s most consumed wild-caught species, but it is still lagging behind in retail sales when it comes to MSC certified sustainable products. However, some experts in the...
WWF Asks IOTC To Enforce Skipjack HCR With A Penalty
Major global NGOs have issued statements ahead of the IOTC annual gathering in early November to ask the Commission to adopt measures in order to effectively manage stocks in the Indian Ocean...
Pellets – The Sustainable Option To Farm Tuna?
California-based company, Ichthus Unlimited, has developed sustainable bluefin food for close-cycled farms. They claim the product reduces the feed conversion ratio to four pounds of pellets...