Thai Union Group PCL has been ranked number one on the inaugural Seafood Stewardship Index (SSI), which assessed the contribution of the world’s 30 largest seafood companies to the United...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Dongwon Free-School Fishery First MSC-Certified In Korea
Dongwon Industries has successfully passed the assessments for MSC certification of its ‘Tropical Pacific yellowfin and skipjack tuna free-school purse seine fishery’ making it the first...
Calvo Group Sets Sustainable Goals For Next 5 Years
In order to fulfill the company’s desire to become a more sustainable business, Grupo Calvo has unveiled an ambitious program for the next five years. The Spanish tuna...
Jealsa CEO Wants Spanish Sustainability Standard EU-Wide
When talking about a new regulatory framework at a meeting of business leaders in Madrid, Jesus Alonso, CEO of Spanish tuna company Jealsa, promoted the extension of the Spanish...
MSC For Liancheng’s LongLiners In Marshall’s EEZ
Longliners under the management of the Marshall Islands Fishing Venture (MIFV) have achieved Marine Stewardship Council’s certification for sustainable fishing for bigeye and yellowfin in the...
Sales Of MSC Tuna And Seafood Hits 1 Million Tons
A memorable limit of one million M/T of globally sold MSC-certified tuna and seafood has been reached, says the Marine Stewardship Council's annual report 2018-2019 on October 10. In the...
Readers: Doubts Whether Consumers Need To Know How MSC-Certified Tuna Is Caught
Never have the results of our polls been so close. Exactly half of our readers see no need to inform consumers whether their MSC-certified tuna product is caught on free school...
Jealsa Launches 16 New MSC Tuna Products
Spanish fishing company Jealsa Rianxeira has announced the launch of 16 new tuna products carrying the MSC blue logo for sustainable fishing. The items will be part of Rianxeira’s 'New...
Atuna Poll: Should Consumers Know If Their MSC-Certified Products Are Caught On dFADs?
The industry and NGO’s look down on the MSC certification of drifting FAD skipjack fishery. Neil Bohannon, Group Director Fish for Princes Limited, spoke about the reluctance of some...
Princes: FIPs Pipeline For Future MSC FAD Certification
Yesterday, during the IX World Tuna Conference in Vigo, Spain, Neil Bohannon, Group Director Fish for Princes Limited, took the floor to speak about the reluctance of some buyers in...
PNG Industry Speeds Up MSC Assessment Process
The Pre-Assessment stage for MSC certification on anchored and drifting FADs fisheries and free school fisheries for skipjack and yellowfin by Papua New Guinea's Fishing Industry...
Conscious Fish Week Educates Consumers On MSC & ASC
Dutch consumers have a great opportunity to become knowledgeable about sustainable seafood choices during the upcoming Conscious Fish Week. Organized for the sixth time by Marine...
Solomon Islands Fishery MSC Report Open For Comments
The MSC Full Assessment report for the Solomon Islands longline albacore and yellowfin tuna fishery is now available for comment. Stakeholders have 30 days to make any...
Asdomar & Generale Conserve Committed To Sustainability
Nowadays, Generale Conserve (GC), with the Asdomar brand, has the second-largest market share in Italy among producers of fish preserves, which includes canned tuna. The company is also...
New MSC Proposed Assessment Could Have Big Impact On Tuna Fishing
In 2017, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) initiated a review of its requirements for the Unit of Assessment (UoA). The UoA defines the fishing activities assessed, and potentially...
Lischewski’s Witness List Includes StarKist CEO & VP Of WWF
Ahead of a pre-trial conference to be held today, former Bumble Bee Foods CEO, Chris Lischewski, submitted his first supplemental witness list to the US District Court of Northern California....
UK Consumers’ Palates Turn Towards MSC Tuna
In the past four years, there has been an increasing trend of UK consumers purchasing sustainable MSC certified tuna. This is according to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) numbers released...
MSC And Govt To Develop Tuna FIPs In Indonesia
The government of Indonesia wants its tuna and other fish to be recognized as premium products. With this in mind, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) has signed...
Pacifical Intern: PNA Needs More Domestic Investment
The PNA needs more domestic onshore investment rather than local resources going to feed offshore economies, said Grace Roland in a recent interview with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) news...
Dongwon Industries Edging Closer To MSC Certification
The Full Assessment for the MSC certification of the South Korean Dongwon Industries has ended and its application is now up for review. Catches from a total of 11 of the company's...