Fisheryprogress.org, the fisheries sustainability tracker, has given Sri Lanka’s longline fishery improvement project (FIP) an A rating for achieving a more sustainably managed fishery, reports Daily FT.
The award marks another step towards the fishery's goal of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified status. Currently, no yellowfin tuna fishery in the Indian Ocean is MSC certified.
In 2017, the fishery failed the MSC fisheries standard pre-assessment. But the assessment report enabled the Seafood Exporters’ Association of Sri Lanka to map out a route to full assessment, through the Sri Lanka longline FIP.
Over the past two years six of Sri Lanka’s leading tuna exporters – Ceylon Fresh Seafood, Global Seafood, Jay Seafood Processing, Lihini Seafood, North West Fishery and Tropic Sri Lanka – have co-financed actions to collect information and data to improve the fishery’s score against the MSC fisheries standard.
Steve Creech, FIP coordinator, said: “If the industry continues to work closely with the department of fisheries and boat owners over the next six months, Sri Lanka’s longline fishery has a great opportunity to become the first fishery in Sri Lanka and only yellowfin tuna fishery in the Indian Ocean to achieve certification against the MSC fisheries standard."
July 10, 2020 at 03:42PM
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