At least 120,000 people rely on the fishing industry in the city, whose players include six tuna canneries, fishing fleets, and other downstream industries

Oceanic whitetip sharks were listed as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act in 2018 and overfished in the tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific Ocean

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission adopted a harvest strategy for bigeye tuna, the first-ever comprehensive such management procedure for any topical tuna species globally

Seven more companies have pledged their support to the Global Tuna Alliance, which brings the total number of members in the alliance to 47

Fourteen new companies have joined the Global Tuna Alliance as a result of a collaboration with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

Ocean Outcomes has created two new job titles to help support the programs

Indonesia aims to develop a nationwide harvest strategy for its tropical tuna fishery in an effort to protect the country's stock and achieve a sustainability certification

Tuna sector trade association Tunacons starts 2022 replacing 20% of its fish aggregating devices with eco-friendly versions made from a native vegetable fiber

A total of 22 tuna fisheries face a suspension of their MSC certification in the western and central Pacific region following failures to adopt a new harvest strategy

By María Feijóo

The Philippines produced a total of 995,470 metric tons of fish during the third quarter of 2021, down 2.1% from 1.02 million metric tons a year before