Greenpeace response to ISSF’s new study
Greenpeace response to International Seafood Sustainability Foundation’s new study on the feasibility of pole and line skipjack tuna fisheries in the Pacific:
“Where baitfish supply is abundant proper, precautionary, ecosystem-based management of these stocks must be ensured. Countries need to get systems in place from the start as they re-develop pole and line tuna fisheries, which must replace, not add to, industrial purse seine and longline fisheries in the region.
“This will benefit not only tuna and the marine ecosystem, but also Pacific Island economies as demand for sustainably caught tuna is increasing,” said Lagi Toribau, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Team Leader.
On the sustainability of tuna traded by the ISSF member companies:
“If the ISSF and its member companies are serious about conservation and sustainable use of tuna stocks, they must act now by immediately phasing out the purchase of tuna caught by the devastating use of fish aggregating devices (FADs) in purse seine fisheries and support the establishment of pole and line operations where sustainable baitfish resources are available,” said Sari Tolvanen, Greenpeace International Oceans Campaigner.
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