Three Chinese tuna companies successfully obtained the Marine Stewardship Council Certification (MSC) ecolabel for longline yellowfin and bigeye tuna in the waters of the Federated States of...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
COS Joins Biggest Sustainable Seafood Expo in California
Chicken of the Sea reinforces its partnership with its new neighbor in Los Angeles, California during the celebration of the National Seafood Month. Teaming up with Cabrillo Marine Aquarium,...
Confusion Over PNG FIA Status On MSC Process
According to an article in the PNG newspaper The National today, the local Fishing Industry Association (FIA) PNG Inc. has announced that Papua New Guinea has received the Marine Stewardship...
WWF And IPNLF Want To Save Lakshadweep Pole-And-Line
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), expressing a joint effort towards the conservation of...
MSC Initiates Periodic Standard Review Process
The MSC has initiated its periodic Fisheries Standard Review, under which its fisheries standard will be looked at closely and possibly revised. The main aim of...
Pacifical Responds To Undercurrent’s Fake News With Facts
The menace of fake news and sensationalized lies has reached even the tuna world, with a London-based seafood website, Undercurrent News (UCN), releasing an article with misleading and false...
Atuna Poll: What Is The Probability Of A Bluefin Fishery Getting MSC Certification?
Earlier this week, a bluefin fishery entered MSC assessment, making it only the second such fishery to do so in the council’s history. Interestingly, both fisheries entered...
Second Bluefin Tuna Fishery Seeking MSC Assessment
A French artisanal longline and handline bluefin fishery has entered MSC assessment. This is the second time since the council’s establishment two decades ago that a bluefin...
Bumble Bee First Big Name To Join MSC’s New Fee Program
Bumble Bee has become the first major North American company to join the MSC’s subscription fee program, which was launched last year as an alternative to the standard...
Pacifical Raises Concerns Over PNG FIA’s MSC Initiative
Pacifical has raised concerns over the PNG Fishing Industry Association’s (FIA) intention to apply for a separate MSC certification on the grounds that it might not benefit PNG itself but only...
Spain’s First MSC Certificate For Fresh Fish Counters
Spanish supermarket chain Eroski has gained recognition as the country’s first retail distribution chain to successfully pass the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC’s) audit certifying its...
MSC Partners Publish Progress Reports On Sustainability Efforts
In last year’s Our Ocean 2017 conference, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) announced a commitment to “engage 20 percent of global marine catch in its program by 2020, supporting...
Islatuna Joins IPNLF
Islatuna, an organization representing the interests of tuna and fresh fish producers from Canary Islands, has joined the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF). Founded nearly a...
PNG FIA Chooses Manila To Discuss MSC
The association representing the fishing industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be meeting in Manila today to discuss the possibility of applying for a separate MSC certification and to split...
Pacifical Presents Facts In Response To Undercurrent’s Fake News
The menace of fake news and sensationalized lies has reached even the tuna world, with a London-based seafood website, Undercurrent News (UCN), releasing an article with misleading and false...
TU Retains Spot In Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Thai Union (TU) has retained its place in the Down Sustainability Index (DJSI) Emerging Markets. This is the fifth straight year that the Thai tuna processor has made it to the index, which...
IPNLF Withdraws From Echebastar MSC Adjudication
The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) announced its withdrawal from the ongoing MSC adjudication process involving Spanish tuna fishing firm Echebastar. The UK-based...
Calvo Releases 2017 Annual Report
Spain’s canned tuna market leader, Calvo, has released its annual report for 2017 in which it announces that last year ended with a new turnover record of around EUR 618 million (USD 720...
PNA: “Fishing Company Spreading Malicious Misinformation On Pacifical”
A high-ranking minister from one of the PNA countries has refuted rumors that called into question the financial management and governance of the Pacifical joint venture. The minister...
World’s First Bluefin Longliner Enters MSC Assessment
A one vessel bluefin fishery has entered MSC assessment for the first time since the Council was established over 20 years ago. The Japanese fishery’s single longliner will be examined by an...