PROSPECTIVE South Pacific albacore & yellowfin tuna - longline

The South Pacific albacore and yellowfin tuna longline FIP will aim to improve fishing practices for vessels operating in the Pacific Ocean that land albacore in Fiji and supply Bumble Bee Seafoods. Bumble Bee Seafoods sources albacore tuna from these vessels through the Taiwanese-founded company Fong Chun Fishery Company, Ltd., much of which is canned and exported to North American markets. While the fishery’s target stocks are healthy and management is well-documented and well-implemented, the fishery lacks independent observers, electronic monitoring, qualitative information about bycatch, and explicit harvest control rules and harvest strategies which are fundamental tools used to limit the risk of overfishing.