Eight US Regional Fishery Management Councils are celebrating 50 years since their creation. The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC), which plays a crucial role in...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
ISSF Names FishWise Executive To Environmental Committee
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) announced last week that it has appointed Nina Rosen to the Environmental Stakeholder Committee (ESC). Rosen, who has been working as...
Pacific Groups Raise Alarm On Corporate Gains From Deep-Sea Mining
Pacific civil society groups warned that deep-sea mining poses environmental and social threats to island nations, while multinational companies stand to reap substantial profits, citing...
Tuna Leads MSC Seafood Market In US With Over 30 Percent Of Sales
Tuna has become central to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) program in the US over the past five years, with the sustainable tuna market witnessing a close to 330 percent jump in sales...
Spanish Tuna Fleet Sounds Alarm Over EU-Indonesia Trade Deal
The Spanish purse seine fleet, grouped under OPAGAC, criticized Brussels for inching closer to an agreement with Indonesia, warning the deal could expose its operators to unfair competition...
IOTC Introduces Yellowfin Management Plan At 30th Session
The 30th session of the IOTC concluded last Friday with members agreeing to launch a management strategy evaluation (MSE) for yellowfin, marking a key step toward shaping the stock’s long-term...
TNC Unveils AI-Powered System to Combat IUU Fishing in Tuna Longline Fisheries
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) recently unveiled a new solution to combat IUU fishing in tuna longline fisheries. The technology is a first-of-its-kind “end-to-end, open-source system that...
Director General Pakop Calls On FFA Members To Show Solidarity
Pacific fisheries officials and delegates have convened in New Zealand since May 11 for the 142nd Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) session. This pivotal meeting addresses the future of regional...
ULT Tuna Meets Consumer Demand For Freshness & Sustainability
US importer and distributor of ultra-low temperature (ULT) tuna and seafood, Oddisea SuperFrozen, states there is a need for such products intended for direct-to-human-consumption,...
UK Certified Canned Tuna Sales Jump Fifteenfold Led By John West
The volume of MSC shelf-stable tuna sold in the UK has risen more than fifteenfold in the past five years due to more offerings. John West, the leading brand, sold the highest number of...
Conservation Dominates IOTC Meeting But Crew Welfare Is Overlooked
The 30th Session of the IOTC is underway in the Maldives, bringing some of the Indian Ocean tuna sector’s most vital topics to the forefront. Skipjack and yellowfin catch limits, at-sea...
Environmental Groups Sue US Govt For Rollback Of Atlantic MPA Protection
NGOs have turned to a US court to prevent the reopening of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean. “A living scientific laboratory and a refuge for...
MSC Suspends Japanese Pole-and-Line Fishery Over Seabird Bycatch
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recently suspended the certification for a Japanese pole-and-line fishery operating in the WCPO after they failed to meet requirements tied to seabird...
EU & Mediterranean Join Hands To Renew MedFish4Ever To Protect Stocks
The EU and Mediterranean nations last week adopted the new MedFish4Ever Declaration 2027, setting out a 10-year strategy for fisheries and aquaculture management across the Mediterranean, a...
IOTC’s 30th Session Begins In Maldives With Major Tuna Issues In Focus
The five-day 30th Session of the IOTC started in the Maldives today. Management procedure for tuna, crew standards and monitoring, and the implementation of dFAD register, are some of the...
How To Prepare For Digital Product Passport?
The expected EU digital product passport for tuna products requires a new mindset, said Leonhard Kipphan, Head of Sales Track & Trace at Osapiens. At the European Tuna Conference, he gave...
Tuna Overtakes Cod In MSC-Certified UK And Ireland Sales
In the UK, a new milestone was reached as MSC-certified tuna sales overtook those of cod, becoming the most sold species with a blue tick last year. The volume of MSC tuna purchased in this...
AZTI Develops Technology To Monitor Purse Seine Nets In Real-Time
Spanish research firm AZTI has developed an innovative real-time monitoring system that can reconstruct, with high accuracy, the geometry of purse seine nets when they are deployed in water....
Global Appetite For MSC Tuna Surge Led By Germany & US
Global sales of MSC tuna continued to grow from April 2025 to March 2026, led by strong demand for skipjack. Germany remained the largest market for sustainably sourced tuna followed by the...
Hawaiian Longline Fishery Attempts Again For MSC Scope Extension
The Hawaii longline swordfish, bigeye, and yellowfin fishery has initiated an MSC scope extension to include longline-caught EPO bigeye in the IATTC convention area. The CAB, Control Union,...