A number of the major tuna brands in both Europe and the US are vocal in their pursuit to provide consumers with sustainably caught tuna products and often release figures on how close they...
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Echebastar MSC Assessment Heads To Adjudication Phase
Spanish tuna fishing firm, Echebastar, will head to the MSC assessment adjudication phase for the second time, as parties were “unable to agree on anything substantive” at a recent London...
MSC To Fund Research On FAD Use In Indonesia
The MSC announced that it will be funding a research project focusing on the use and monitoring of FADs in small-scale Indonesian tuna fisheries. This is part of MSC’s scholarship program,...
Fish Smart, Process Smart, Feed Many More Says Pacifical CEO
With global population set to exceed nine billion by 2050, ensuring food security will pose a major challenge. The challenge for the fishing industry is even more acute, considering that per...
IN BRIEF: Canary Islands’ P&L Representatives Join IPNLF
The Canary Islands based companies Sociedad Cooperativa del Mar Pesca Restinga (PESCARESTINGA) and Cofradia De Pescadores Nuestra Señora De Los Reyes (Cofradia de La Restinga) have joined the...
German Drugstore Chain Starts Selling MSC Certified Tuna
The German drugstore market chain, dm-drogerie markt, has stocked its shelves with MSC certified tuna from the brand Followfish. This is the first time the retailer, which was founded in 2007,...
Parties Gear Up For London Hearing On Echebastar MSC
Spanish tuna fishing firm, Echebastar, as well as the objectors to its MSC certification pursuit, will meet tomorrow in London for the first Independent Adjudicator (IA) hearing on its latest...
Consumers Want Sustainability Claims Independently Verified
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has found over 70 percent of surveyed consumers around the world are demanding independent verification of sustainability claims. This is despite a growing...
MSC Retracts Mixed Fisheries Policy Change
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has stated that its policy decision to stop mixed fisheries from entering MSC assessments was not backed by NGOs and the industry. This was a decision that...
Pacifical’s Ethereum Blockchain Platform Goes Live
Pacifical, the marketing arm of the PNA MSC tuna fishery, has announced the extension of its traceability platform, with the incorporation of a blockchain platform. Pacifical in collaboration...
30% Of Eroski’s Tuna From “Sustainable” Fisheries
The Spanish supermarket chain Eroski has announced that in the first half of 2018, 30 percent of all of its canned tuna sold in its stores came from “sustainable and responsible” fisheries....
IN BRIEF: 1st Indian Processor Joins IPNLF
Al Badr Seafoods Pvt. is the latest member to join the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), becoming the first processor from India to join the organization. It processes skipjack...
Has Global Sustainability Progress Stagnated?
This month marks the anniversary of the Sustainability Fisheries Partnership’s (SFP) Target 75 initiative. It aims to ensure that 75 percent of the world’s seafood supply is either from a...
First Atlantic Skipjack Fishery Enters MSC Assessment
A Galician firm Actemsa and its Brazilian subsidiary Leal Santos have entered full MSC assessment for their pole and line skipjack catch in the Atlantic Ocean. It becomes the first Atlantic...
FAO: 43% Of Tuna Catch “Unsustainable”, No Short-Term Fix
According to the FAO’s latest data, as much as 43 percent of the catch of major marketed tuna species came from “biologically unsustainable” stocks in 2015. This is higher than the figure...
RD Delivers 1st MSC Canned Tuna To EU Market
RD Corporation’s PNG-based cannery, RD Tuna Canners, has delivered it first Pacifical MSC certified canned tuna product to the EU market, through its Rotterdam based sales office, RD Foods....
Within 90 Days Marine Monuments Could Be Open To Fishing
The acting head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed ways in which the US can reduce its seafood trade deficit, including plans to “permit fishing in...
Cook Islands PM: Sustainability a “Duty”
Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has outlined the need to “take a firm and principled position” in regard to the harvesting of tuna in Western Central Pacific waters. Puna spoke at the...
Nearly 13% Of Bolton Tuna From MSC Fishery
The Italian firm Bolton Alimentari has announced that 52.4 percent of its tuna sourced for its Rio Mare and Palmera brands, comes from “sustainable fisheries” - including just under 13 percent...
John West Named MSC’s Top UK Brand, Tuna Lags Behind
UK canned tuna leader, John West, has taken home MSC’s UK Canned Brand of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. The Thai Union owned company is commended on its “safeguarding of...