The Spanish tuna fleet has MSC certification for 84% of its tropical tuna catches

84% of the Spanish tuna fleet's tropical tuna catches (312,000 tonnes) are now certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), following the recent obtaining of the blue seal for the Eastern Pacific bigeye stock. This certification guarantees that the tuna caught by the fleet comes from stocks in good condition, is caught with an activity that generates minimal environmental impact and is subject to exhaustive fishing control. With the certification of this latest stock, caught by 20 freezer purse seiners associated with Opagac/Agac, the Spanish fleet becomes the first fishery in the world to certify with MSC all tropical tuna stocks in the Pacific (bigeye, yellowfin and skipjack) in its eastern and western regions. The certification for Eastern Pacific bigeye is the third obtained by our fleet in 2024, after obtaining it for Eastern Pacific skipjack last January and for the same species in the Atlantic in March. These three certifications are added to the six stocks that ...