Following the MSC certification of the Maldives\u2019 pole-and-line caught skipjack fishery, the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has turned its attention towards ensuring the long term viability of Indonesia\u2019s traditional fishery.<\/p>\n
Dr Hussain Rasheed Hassan, chairman, IPNLF, said: \u201cIndonesia has recognised that the demand for MSC certified tuna is increasing all over the world, but especially in Europe where the MSC ecolabel is most highly regarded. Ultimately, we want to see Indonesia\u2019s fishery given the same opportunities that the Maldives now has.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the world\u2019s largest tuna fishing nation, Indonesia\u2019s skipjack resource is crucial to the survival of many of the country\u2019s local fishing communities and the overall economy.<\/p>\n
Dr Hassan added: \u201cStakeholders are fully aware that due to the sheer size of Indonesia\u2019s coastline, it will probably be more complicated to secure MSC status for the fishery than it was for the Maldives, but it is nevertheless achievable if we go about it in the right structured manner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Hassan will meet with Indonesia\u2019s Fisheries Minister and key industry members ahead of the second International Coastal Tuna Business Forum, taking place from 27 to 29 May 2013 in Jakarta, to discuss MSC certification, international market opportunities and future export trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a bid to capitalise on the increase in international demand for sustainably managed pole-and-line and hand-line caught fish, Jakarta\u2019s skipjack fishery is gearing up for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5104,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5102\/revisions\/5104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5102"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}