Overview
This fishery improvement project started as a result of the Public Certification Report of the "Eastern Pacific Ocean tropical tuna - purse seine (TUNACONS)" fishery. TUNACONS started as a FIP and is now a Foundation that is in charge of maintaining the certifications obtained in the long term and working on the ones that are needed for all the species of its fishery to be certified: yellowfin tuna (MSC certified on July 7, 2022), bigeye tuna, and skipjack tuna which are the target species of this FIP. The yellowfin FIP can be found in its entirety in the FisheryProgress directory.
TUNA purse seiners in the Eastern pacific ocean, FAO zone: 77, 81, 87.
TUNACONS currently has 5 Yellowfin certified companies that will seek BET and SKJ certification in this FIP:
- NIRSA,
- EUROFISH,
- SERVIGRUP,
- TRIMARINE,
- JADRAN GROUP.
Fleet:
Jadran Group:
- Reina De La Paz
- Diva Maria.
- Ljubica.
- Juan Pablo II
Servigrup:
- Claudia L.
- Domenica L.
- Fiorella L.
- Malula.
- Rossana L.
- Panchito L.
- Yolanda L.
Tri Marine:
- Cape Breton.
- Cape Cod.
- Cape Elizabeth III.
- Cape Ferrat.
- Cape Finisterre.
- Cape May.
- Ferrigno Boy
- Cape Blanco
- Barbara H.
Nirsa
- Drennec.
- Elizabeth F.
- El Márquez.
- Gabriela A.
- Gloria A.
- María del Mar A.
- Milagros A.
- Milena A.
- Rafa A ..
- Ricky A.
- Roberto A.
- Rosa F.
- Via Simoun.
Eurofish
- Rocio – Pesquera Rocio SA
- Doña Roge – Pesquera Doña Roge SA
- Doña Maruja – Pesquera DoñaMaruja SA
- Don Bartolo – Pesquera Don Bartolo SA
- Don Igilio– ELVAYKA.
- Chiara – ELVAYKA.
- Giuletta – ELVAYKA.
- Jo Linda – ELVAYKA.
- Don Antonio – ELVAYKA
- Alina – Transmarina.
- Alessia – ELVAYKA.
- Adriana – Eurofish.
- Miranda – Transmarina.
This fishery improvement project started as a result of the Public Certification Report of the "Eastern Pacific Ocean tropical tuna - purse seine (TUNACONS)" fishery.
Achieve MSC certification by the year 2026 and in that process:
- Develop sustainable fish stock guidelines during our certification process;
- Achieve effective management for the fishery; and
- Minimize the environmental impacts of our vessels
FIP at a Glance
32% | 68% |
32% | 68% |
This pie chart represents completed environmental actions. Non-completed environmental actions may contain completed sub-tasks that are not illustrated here. For more information on environmental action progress visit the Actions Progress tab.
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