ISSF report indicates little change in global tuna sustainability since March

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation’s (ISSF) latest “Status of the Stocks” report for global tuna fisheries found the sustainability of global tuna stocks has remained flat since its last report in March. The latest report found that 85 percent of the world’s commercial tuna catch comes from stocks at “healthy” levels of abundance, the same amount the ISSF reported over six months ago. The level of tuna coming from overfished stocks also remained flat at 11 percent, and 4 percent of the catch is coming from stocks at an “intermediate” level of abundance. ISSF reported that no individual stock statuses have changed in any meaningful way since the March report, and the new report contains new stock assessment results from the Western Pacific bigeye and yellowfin, North Pacific albacore, North Atlantic albacore, and Southern bluefin stocks – none of which changed. “The lack of substantial changes in stock status between report periods highlights the value of ...