16 tuna stocks not meeting criteria for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Sustainability Standard. Now including bluefin tuna stocks, report reveals that seven stocks achieve passing score on MSC Principle 1, and most tuna RFMOs score ...
Nowhere to land, nowhere to sell. Seafood sector giants focus action on closing ports and supply chains to illegal fishing. Five of the most influential industry and multi-stakeholder platforms in the seafood sector have released ...
Majority of tuna catches from stocks at ‘healthy levels’. Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 87% came from stocks at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the latest International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Status of the Stocks report. ...
Global Tuna Catch Report – 87% of Global Tuna Catch Comes from Stocks at Healthy Levels, While 10% Require Stronger Management- Updated ISSF Report Rates State of Tuna Stocks Worldwide Of the total commercial tuna ...
IATTC fails to preserve tuna conservation and FAD measures at annual meeting. Last month, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) and its partners appealed to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to, at a minimum, ...
ISSF Outline Priorities for Three Tuna RFMOs as They Prepare for Online Annual Meetings Despite COVID-19 Challenges, ICCAT, IATTC and WCPFC Must Take Action to Ensure Continued Management of Tuna Stocks and Ocean Ecosystems The ...
Newest ISSF Participating Tuna Company Compliance Report Shows 99.4 percent Conformance with ISSF Conservation Measures 24 of 25 companies were fully compliant with all 27 measures audited, compared to 22 in the April 2020 report ...
Decrease in purse seine vessels authorised to fish for tuna. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated its Large-Scale Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Fleets report as of June 2020. The total number of purse ...
ISSF Welcomes SAPMER as New Participating Company – Joining the World’s Leading Seafood Companies Working to Make Tuna Fisheries More Sustainable. SAPMER is the latest seafood company to join in the conservation efforts of the ...
Global Tuna Alliance publishes ‘Traceability Toolkit’. The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) has published a ‘Traceability Toolkit’ as an important step towards achieving their mission to support implementation of the Tuna 2020 Traceability Declaration. At the ...
ISSF annual report shows 99.1% participating company conformance rate with science-based conservation measures, highlights 2019 efforts for sustainable tuna fisheries Annual Compliance Report Details Conformance by 25 ISSF Participating Companies Across 27 Measures The International ...
ISSF updates MSC tuna reports. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated two comprehensive reports that share recommendations for both purse seine and longline fisheries pursuing Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. ISSF 2020-11: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine ...
Global tuna producer appoints new CEO. Global tuna giant Tri Marine Group has announced that Juan Corrales will take over as Chief Executive Officer as of January 1, 2020. Corrales succeeds Renato Curto who is ...
Call for tuna commission to develop sustainable strategy. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is urging the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to make progress on important elements of sustainable fisheries management, specifically harvest strategies and transshipment regulations, ...
ISSF announces new tuna conservation measures. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced the adoption of a new conservation measure requiring that fishing vessels have publicly available fish aggregation device (FAD) management policies to ...
Ocean Canning Corporation teams up with ISSF. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced that a Filipino canning company as new participating company in its tuna sustainability initiative. The Ocean Canning Corporation has become ...
Little progress made on tuna conservation, says ISSF. Here, Dr. Gala Moreno, Holly Koehler, Pablo Guerrero of the International Sustainable Seafood Foundation, reflect upon the recent Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), which concluded its 94th Annual Meeting in Bilbao. They ...
ISSF urges stronger tuna management control measures. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) released its position statement in for the 94th Meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission(IATTC) in Bilbao, Spain, from July 22-26, 2019. “The Commission took ...
Best practice guide for tuna pole and line fishing. A new guidebook detailing science-based best-practices for maximising catch value and also minimising the environmental impacts of tuna pole and line fisheries has been jointly published ...
Tri Marine acquired by Bolton Group. Tri Marine, one of the world’s leading sustainable tuna supply companies, has announced the sale of its global tuna supply business to its longtime partner, Bolton Group. Bolton Group ...