First Indonesian tuna fishery enters MSC assessment
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If successful, the fishery could be supplying MSC certified skipjack and yellowfin tuna to international markets by the end of 2018.
Ali Wibisono, director at PT Citraraja Ampat Canning said: “PT CRA is committed to sustainability and very proud to demonstrate this by measuring the Sorong pole-and-line fishery against the MSC standard.
“This is an exciting moment for PT CRA, our market partners, IPNLF and Indonesia’s pole-and-line tuna fishers.”
The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) has praised the determined efforts of PT CRA and said that it is providing an invaluable foundation for traditional fishing communities in the Western Central Pacific Ocean.7 ■