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The Bumble Bee Seafood Company Continues to Accelerate Sustainability Action Plans as a Leader and Advocate for Healthy Oceans
Company Announces Two New Albacore Longline Fishery Assessments Spanning Multiple Nations, Three Oceans and Three Tuna Species
The Bumble Bee Seafood Company and parent company FCF CO., LTD. (FCF), today announced that it will be entering two new Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) longline fishery assessments. These assessments come as a result of two years of implementation of Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) action plans led by Bumble Bee, non-profit organization Ocean Outcomes and FCF jointly, which work to protect the abundance of tuna stocks, mitigate fishing impact on other species, and ensure that fisheries are monitored and well-managed. Once certified, these longline vessels will begin supplying MSC certified albacore, yellowfin and bigeye tuna in 2023.
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PARIS, May 10, 2021 /3BL Media/ – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) has today opened its social benchmark to the fishing, agriculture and land-based aquaculture sectors with the launch of benchmark requirements for its new At-Sea Operations and Primary Production scopes. The benchmark requirements, which include Social and Scheme Management Criteria, have been developed in close collaboration with the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), bringing together the SSCI’s experience in supply chain social compliance and the GSSI’s expertise in the seafood sector, with support from IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative.
With the launch of the new benchmark requirements for At-Sea Operations and Primary Production, the SSCI is pleased to welcome third-party social compliance auditing, monitoring and certification schemes covering activities in these two sectors to apply for SSCI benchmarking. This launch opens up
StarKist® Sourcing 100% of its Tuna and Salmon from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Fisheries
America s Favorite Tuna Company(1) Commits to Sourcing 100% of its Tuna and Salmon from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Assessed Fisheries by 2025
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PITTSBURGH, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ StarKist Co. announced today that it has achieved a goal to source 100% of its tuna and salmon from sustainable sources. All tuna and salmon procured by StarKist
® are purchased from third-party suppliers that meet the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing or are working toward certification, including those participating in a comprehensive, time bound Fishery Improvement Project (FIP).
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