Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (May 5, 2022) – FCF Co., Ltd. (FCF), is pleased to announce that the Public Comment Draft Report (PCDR) for the initial Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification assessment of the Nauru Skipjack, Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna Purse Seine Fishery’ is now available for comments by stakeholders for a period of 30 days. Following receipt of comments from stakeholders, SCS Global Services (SCS) will consider all available information and make a determination on whether the fishery should be certified. If the another final determination is eventually made by SCS to certify the fishery, it will be a milestone for FCF since its first MSC purse seine fisheries certification in 2018.
The Nauru Skipjack, Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna Purse Seine Fishery is led by Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority (NFMRA) with facilitation and technical support from FCF. The fishery group consists of 20 purse seine fishing vessels flagged to Nauru, fishing in particular for Skipjack, Yellowfin and Bigeye tuna within the Western & Central Pacific Commission Convention Area. The certification process began in March last year (2021) and after an year of evaluation and assessments, the fishery has finally reach out to such great progress.
MSC is recognized as one of the world’s most rigorous and credible, science-based assessments of sustainability for wild-caught fish, and requires that all certified product caught in certified fisheries can be identified and traced throughout the supply chain. MSC conducts periodic DNA tests to ensure seafood bearing the MSC blue ecolabel of approval can be traced back to a certified fishery.
To fulfill the vision of providing sustainable, socially responsible, traceable and high quality seafood, FCF began a number of programs as early as 2013 and obtained its first MSC Purse Seine Fishery and Chain of Custody certification in 2018. Going forward, FCF will continue to cooperate with supply chain partners to achieve fisheries sustainability.
To learn more about FCF’s MSC certification projects, please visit here.
