International consortium acts as a catalyst for change in Indonesia's tuna fishery

Published 2024년 11월 1일

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The Indonesian Tuna Consortium, a group of organizations including MDPI, YKAN, Marine Change, Fair Trade USA, and the International Pole & Line Foundation, is working to create a more resilient, efficient, and equitable fishing ecosystem in Indonesia. The consortium is aiming for responsible management of the country’s marine resources and ensuring fishers have access to responsible tuna resources. They have worked closely with the government to develop and implement the Harvest Strategy for Tropical Tuna Fisheries in Indonesia Archipelagic Waters, which outlines how Indonesia plans to reduce total catch volume by 10 percent from 2021 catch levels. The consortium is now turning its attention to the marketplace, building on existing electronic catch documentation or traceability programs and supporting responsible fisheries through monitoring fish stocks, tracking fishing vessels, developing species-identification technology, and promoting rights-based management in small near-shore fisheries.
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The Indonesian Tuna Consortium is working directly with the Southeast Asian nation’s seafood supply chain, as well as other stakeholders, to create a more resilient, efficient, and equitable fishing ecosystem across the archipelago.The consortium – a group of organizations comprising MDPI, YKAN, Marine Change, Fair Trade USA, and the International Pole & Line Foundation – aims to ensure responsible management of the country’s marine resources and, in turn, fishers’ access to responsible tuna resources well into the future.“We try to be a catalyst for change by working with multiple stakeholder groups – governments, communities, fishers, regional fishery management organizations, and international NGOs – to work through some of the real-world challenges of developing and implementing harvest strategies in Indonesia,” said Thilma Komaling, the Indonesia Tuna Consortium strategic lead at Burlington, Vermont, U.S.A.-based consultancy firm Resonance. “As an example, in our ...

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