Waitrose & Partners is celebrating ten years of selling MSC pole-and-line caught skipjack and albacore in its own-label range. In 2009, the company...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Delay In WCPFC Harvest Strategies A Detriment To MSC Fisheries?
The 16th Session of WCPFC ended last week without having drawn clear strategies on Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) or Target Reference Points (TRPs) for the various tuna stocks such as...
PNG Industry Still Unsure About MSC Certification On FADs
During the process of working to obtain an MSC certification, the PNG Fishing Industry Association’s purse seine Skipjack & Yellowfin Tuna Fishery faces an extension...
Tri Marine Earns Multi-Gear MSC Certification In Solomon Islands
Tri Marine has achieved an MSC certification for longline caught albacore and yellowfin from the Solomon Islands. This adds to the company’s existing certifications for...
Panama Reaffirms Commitment To Legal & Sustainable Fishing
On the heels of the EU noting that Panama is at risk of being identified as a non-cooperating country in combating IUU fishing, the Panamanian government has...
Tesco UK’s Sustainable Shopping Basket Includes Tuna
In order to diminish the environmental impact of the average UK shopping basket, Tesco and WWF have joined forces and created a weighting metric for various environmental...
US Sushi Chain Consciously Chooses MSC Tuna
Over 4,000 fresh sushi kiosks in US supermarkets and wholesale clubs have consciously chosen to process MSC-certified tuna in their products. Snowfox, a Houston-based...
Atuna Poll: US Retailers To Follow Walmart On MSC Tuna?
Recently, American company Walmart, the world's largest retailer, introduced 5 oz easy-to-open cans with MSC-certified albacore and skipjack in water under its own...
Walmart Introduces MSC Tuna Competitively Under Great Value
US retailer, Walmart, has introduced two pole-and-line caught MSC tuna products – one Solid White Albacore and one Chunk Light (skipjack), both in water –...
MSC & SFP Experts Join ISSF Environmental Stakeholder Committee
Two new members have joined the Environmental Stakeholder Committee of the ISSF -- Bill Holden from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Alexia Morgan from the Sustainable Fisheries...
Tesco’s Ambition To Sell 100% Sustainable Tuna
Tesco is listening to its customers’ demand for high quality, sustainable fish, according to Helena Delgado Nordmann, Responsible Sourcing Manager for Seafood for the supermarket chain....
Grupomar Leads Sustainability Fishing In Mexico
In Mexico, Grupomar’s subsidiary, Maratuna, has been awarded first place in the category of Grand Scale Commercial Fishing in the Sustainable Fishing and...
IPNLF Signs MoU With Maldives Processors On IOTC Approach
A new five-year agreement that defines long-term goals on sustainability has been signed by the IPNLF and the Maldives Seafood Processors and Exporters Association (MSPEA). The...
NOAA Wants To Reduce Observers On Board
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new camera program for fishing vessels will begin in 2021. It was scheduled to start in January 2020 but was delayed to...
Will Yellow Card Obstruct Ecuador’s MSC Ambitions?
The EU yellow card for Ecuador’s lack of prevention for illegal fishing activities will not hinder TUNACONS' ambition to achieve MSC certification, said its Director, Guillermo Moran,...
¿Puede la tarjeta amarilla obstaculizar la certificación MSC de Ecuador?
Guillermo Morán, Gerente de la organización de armadores ecuatorianos TUNACONS, subirá al escenario como orador de la 3ª Conferencia...
NOAA’s New International Affairs And Seafood Inspection Director
The US-based agency, NOAA, has appointed a new Director for its Fisheries’ Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection. Alexa Cole, who has held...
Readers: Opinion Divided On Dongwon’s StarKist’s MSC Logo
On the topic of whether or not Dongwon will market MSC tuna under its Starkist brand, Atuna readers are completely divided in their opinions. Recently, Dongwon became the first...
Echebastar’s ‘MSC Up To Date’ Webpage Increases Transparency
MSC has congratulated Echebastar for its ‘exercise of responsibility and transparency’ by adding an ‘MSC Up to Date’ page to its company’s website. Under the MSC certificate...
Atuna Poll: Will Dongwon Market MSC Tuna Under Its StarKist Brand?
Dongwon Industries’ Tropical Pacific yellowfin and skipjack tuna free-school purse seine fishery has recently successfully passed the assessments for MSC certification for catches in the WCPO....