Spanish fishing company Pesquería Vasco-Montañesa SA (Pevasa Group) has renewed its Friend of the Sea Sustainable Fishing Certification that it initially obtained in 2009.
Pevasa has been dedicated to the extraction and supply of tropical tunas to the global canning and food industry for the past 60 years. It supplies sustainably-sourced frozen whole tuna to over 30 countries across four continents.
“We first certified our activity with Friend of the Sea back in 2009, and we have kept this certification since then,” the company said in a statement. “…our customers are requiring proof that they are buying real, wild, sustainably-caught tuna, and we trust that certifications such as Friend of the Sea help us to achieve this objective. The Sustainable Fishing Certification enables us [to] prove that we are practicing responsible fishing with sustainable management, based on the implementation of good practices.”
Pevasa is an active member of two different fisheries improvement projects (FIPs), one in the Atlantic Ocean and another in the Indian Ocean. It is also engaged in certifying its activity against third-party standards that demonstrate its commitments.
The Sustainable Fishing Certification was obtained after an audit process carried out by an external and independent auditor.
