According to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), tropical tuna captures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) remain stable and thanks to sustainable fishing and the use of the appropriate nets, dolphins can swim freely and be released unharmed by fishermen.
The member companies of the Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna – representing 93% of total tuna production in Mexico – have voluntarily withdraw from fishing Pacific bluefin tuna for the next five years, including the 2015 season.
The member companies of the Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna, an alliance of leading tuna fishing companies, representing 93 per cent of total tuna production in Mexico, demonstrated their continued leadership in sustainability by committing to withdraw from fishing Pacific bluefin tuna for the next five years, including the 2015 season.
Grupomar, Herdez del Fuerte, Pesca Azteca, and Procesa won’t be fishing bluefin tuna for the next five years in bid to recover stock.
Members of the Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna (PAST) have committed to withdrawing from fishing Pacific bluefin tuna for the next five years, including the 2015 season.
The process to get Mexico’s tuna fishery certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is ‘on track’ and progressing well, according to Mario Aguilar Sanchez, the National Commissioner of Aquaculture and Fisheries.
The head of the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA), Mario Aguilar Sanchez, ensures that the Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna is “on the right path.”
A US regulation change to ban imports on all marine mammal-harmful seafood should have “zero impact” for the full Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment bid undertaken by the northeastern tropical Pacific yellowfin and skipjack tuna fishery.
An Obama administration rule issued Monday will restrict fishing methods for species such as swordfish and yellowfin tuna in an effort to protect bluefin tuna.
Environmental group Greenpeace calls for “urgent action to protect the economic and environmental sustainability of key Pacific tuna stocks” as major tuna interests meet in Apia for the 11th session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
Food security in Pacific countries like Kiribati could be under threat if oversized tuna vessels are allowed to continue fishing at current rates, commented Greenpeace.
