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Moving toward a sustainable “blue economy” is crucial for Indonesia. The country is the world’s second biggest fish producer with an industry worth an estimated US$27 billion.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) signed an agreement with the Marine Stewardship Council on 25 October, 2022.

The Philippine Tuna Handline Partnership (PTHP) has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) standard after a decade of work

Fishery consultant claims MSC reputation damaged in Australia after roughy certification failure By Share An Australian fishery consultancy, which has taken a financial hit from the fallout of the failed Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the orange roughy fishery, claims the MSC’s reputation may be damaged in the country by the certifications failure. “Just as MSC was about to take a step forward in Australia it takes several backwards and will become less relevant,” ...

Indonesian tuna products achieve MSC global standard certification 29th January 2021 Illustration - Indonesian tuna fish. ANTARA / HO-KKP Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) announced that fisheries products of Indonesias yellowfin tuna and skipjack tuna had been certified as meeting the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC’s) global standard for sustainable fisheries. "Some 11 thousand tons of yellowfin and skipjack tuna have been certified thr...

Pressure Mounting To Ban Fish Transshipment Throughout Pacific Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 00:00 Better monitoring of chain of custody should suffice: Industry By Michael Neilson AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Pacific Scoop, Sept. 26, 2015) – Pressure is mounting to outlaw Pacific region transhipments – a practice linked to overfishing – after Nauru’s decision to impose a ban in its waters. This decision follows Greenpeace’s discovery of the Taiwanese longliner Shuen De ...