PT Aneka Tuna Indonesia (ATI), British tuna firm Lovering Foods, and French company Thunnus Overseas Group (TOG) have all participated in the conservation efforts of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).
The companies will work with the foundation to advocate for improved tuna fishery management, fund scientific advancements and take action to encourage the adoption of responsible fishing practices.
Susan Jackson, ISSF’s president, said: “One of the primary objectives of ISSF is to engage a broad array of stakeholders, creating collective movement towards effective tuna resource management, the funding of scientific research and other direct action aimed at improving and maintaining the long term health of tuna stocks.”
She added: “Bringing on additional companies from Southeast Asia and Europe further expands our global reach.”
ATI and TOG have announced that they will be fully participating while Lovering Foods is at the associate level.
All ISSF participating companies are independently audited via comprehensive methods that assess compliance with ISSF’s conservation measures, the results are published in conjunction with the ISSF annual report.
ISSF also published individual compliance reports for each ISSF participating company, these can be viewed on the ISSF website.
The foundation launched in 2009 with eight participating companies and now has 28 industry partners, which compromise approximately 75% of the world’s tuna processing capacity.
