Over 200 reports, guidebooks, and other data files published by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) have been consolidated under a newly launched online tool, FIP...
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Gustav Gerig’s Pacifical MSC Tuna Now Traceable Through Blockchain
Swiss food company Gustav Gerig is the first European food importer to make its MSC-certified canned and pouched Rosé tuna range fully traceable through the Ethereum blockchain. The products...
IN BRIEF: Martiko Releases MSC Smoked Tuna
Martiko, the MSC pioneering fish smoking company in Spain, is expanding their range to include MSC smoked tuna in organic oil. “We wanted to offer our consumers a new added value......
IN BRIEF: IPNLF Expands For Luxury Holiday Operator
Soneva Jani has become the first member to join the IPNLF’s responsible Tourism Initiative. The scheme is aimed at improving sustainability in the tuna supply chain particularly in hospitality...
First Indonesian Pole And Line Fisheries MSC Certified
Settled on the western tip of the east Indonesian province of New Guinea, in Sorong, the PT Citraraja Ampat Canning (PT CRAC) pole and line fishery has just been announced as Indonesia’s first...
Sustainable Ocean Fund Invests In Farmed “Alternative Tuna”
Ocean aquaculture firm The Kampachi Company has received a USD 5 million investment from the Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund. The fund, managed by Mirova Natural Capital is dedicated to...
Pacifical Tuna Ranked As ‘Low Risk’ By Slavery Risk Tool
While many fisheries suffer from a “critical” or “high risk” rating, skipjack and yellowfin tuna carrying the Pacifical logo are rated “low risk”, according to online database Seafood Slavery...
Calvo Launches Sustainable Pole & Line Eco-Salads
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification has been granted to Grupo Calvo’s Ecolínea line, making it the first canned tuna product bearing the blue sustainability seal in the Spanish...
Canned Tuna Major Underperformer On MSC In Dutch Market
The average Dutch consumer eats over 16 kilos of fish per year, according to a 2018 study released by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). The Netherlands-focused report evaluates the public...
Poll: Should WWF Accept Adjudicators’ Verdict On MSC For Echebastar?
Earlier in October, Atuna published coverage on the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC’s) announcement of the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack tuna fishery’s approved certification....
FoS: “ACTEMSA Main Hub For Seafood From Sustainable Fisheries”
A recent report by sustainability certifier Friend of the Sea (FoS) is naming Spanish tuna trader ACTEMSA as a “main hub for seafood from sustainable fisheries at international level”. The FoS...
Thai Union Latest NGO Deal In USA On Sustainability
Four months after releasing its partnership progress report on Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) with WWF-UK, as reported by Atuna, and a deal with Greenpeace, the Thai Union Group has now...
Seychelles Sells World’s First Blue Bond
In a nascent deal involving the World Bank and the Prince of Wales, the island nation of Seychelles has raised USD 15 million in the world’s first “blue bond”, raised from international...
CFTO Advocates Fully FOS Certified Sustainable W/R Transport
One of France’s principal suppliers of tropical tuna, Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO), has made known that it is presently transporting its catches of frozen whole round tuna only...
Bolton To Become “World’s Most Sustainable Tuna Company”
After being lauded by Greenpeace International yesterday on its FAD-free commitment, Bolton released a 3 page letter with an ambitious statement asserting that the company, with its leading...
Indonesia’s First MSC Pole And Line Fishery To Be Certified
An Indonesian yellowfin and skipjack fishery just off the coast of Sorong is expected to be granted MSC certification within the coming weeks, following a promising...
WWF “Most Concerned” Over Echebastar MSC Certification
In a press release, WWF expresses that it is "most concerned" about the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Echebastar Indian Ocean skipjack tuna purse seine fishery, which...
Echebastar IO Skipjack Fishery Gains MSC Certification
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has just announced its certification of the Echebastar purse seine skipjack tuna fishery in the Indian Ocean, after a long and disputed process, which had...
US South Pacific Albacore Fishery Recertified By MSC
The US South Pacific fishery for albacore tuna has been recertified to Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standards, with certifications valid until 2023, announced the MSC last Tuesday, October...
Pacifical Gives Feedback On Seafoodsource.com Article
Yesterday, on Tuesday, October 16th, SeafoodSource.com published an article titled “Rift between Papua New Guinea and Pacifical threatens the future of regional tuna MSC certification”...