UK: First fishery achieves MSC certification for skipjack tuna from four oceans

First fishery achieves MSC certification for skipjack tuna from four oceans. The Asociación de Grandes Atuneros Congeladores (AGAC) has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its skipjack tuna in the Atlantic, making it the first fishery in the world to receive the sustainability certification for the same species in all four oceans. In 2020, AGAC set out to attain certification for all its operations and had already achieved MSC certification for its Atlantic bluefin tuna as well as skipjack in the Indian, Pacific and Arctic oceans. Now its Atlantic skipjack will also be able to carry the MSC blue label after successfully demonstrating the sustainability of the fishery through the independent audit process against the MSC Fisheries Standard. It means 265,000 tonnes of its total catch of 300,000 tonnes has received MSC certification. The MSC standard is widely recognized as the most rigorous and credible assessment process for the sustainability of wild ...