ISSF report on global tuna stock MSC performance

Published 2024년 7월 31일

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The ISSF's June 2024 report, 'An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria,' indicates that 11 out of 23 major commercial tuna stocks are now avoiding overfishing and maintaining target biomass levels, an improvement from eight stocks in March 2023. Authored by Paul A. H. Medley and Jo Gascoigne, the report underscores the significance of well-defined harvest control rules, with seven stocks having fully implemented these rules. The MSC, an independent organization, certifies fisheries as sustainable if they meet its criteria. The ISSF aims to develop and implement science-based practices and international management measures to help all tuna fisheries achieve and maintain MSC certification standards.

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ISSF report on tuna stock MSC performance. Fisheries scientists in An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria — a June 2024 report commissioned by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) — found 11 of the 23 major commercial tuna stocks worldwide are successfully avoiding overfishing and maintaining target stock biomass levels when measured against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard. In the March 2023 edition of the ISSF report, eight stocks passed Principle 1. In this year’s report, three additional stocks received a passing score. The 11 stocks are Western Atlantic skipjack, North Atlantic albacore, South Atlantic albacore, Eastern Atlantic bluefin, Western Pacific yellowfin, Western Pacific bigeye, Western Pacific skipjack, Eastern Pacific yellowfin, Eastern Pacific skipjack, Indian Ocean skipjack and Southern Ocean bluefin. These stocks achieved a passing score for the ...

Source: Fish Focus