EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MINDORO BY MARIO MAGAYON
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Europe Accepts Responsibly-caught Coral Triangle Tuna
The first-ever Philippine shipment of handline-caught tuna with catch certificates recently entered the European market.
This first batch of fresh / chilled loined tuna caught in Mindoro came with catch certificates ensuring their traceability and verifying that they were from registered boats operating in legalized areas using highly selective fishing gear.
“This positive development comes just after the EU banned untraceable tunas from entering its ports at the start of this year,” says WWF Coral Triangle Programme Tuna Strategy Leader Dr. Jose Ingles. “It clearly proves that small-scale fisheries using responsible catching methods like handline tuna fishing can fare well in global markets through proper certification and compliance.”
The traceability system was developed and facilitated by the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and approved by the EU earlier this year. These traceable tuna came from Mindoro through a project partnership with WWF, the local government, and the private sector, as a response to the stringent catch certification policy imposed by the EU in light of growing consumer demand for sustainable seafood products.
With this first shipment, it is now possible to trace back the tuna loins to the fisher, the boat, and the exact location of the fish aggregating device where the fish was caught.
“European countries make up the biggest fish market in the world, and with this catch certification system in place in the Philippines, we can look forward to an effective convergence of economic opportunities and environmental sustainability,” adds Dr. Ingles.
Tuna in the Coral Triangle, which spans the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste, adds considerably to the economies of many developing nations and supports the livelihoods of millions of people in this region and beyond.
The Coral Triangle contains spawning and nursery grounds and migratory routes for commercially-valuable tuna species such as bigeye, yellowfin, skipjack and albacore, producing more than 40% of the total catch for the Western Central Pacific region, and representing more than 20% of the total global catch.
Concludes Dr. Ingles, “This scheme is an effective step towards eliminating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU), which has been increasing worldwide, resulting in the declining catches of a growing number of fish stocks.”
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For more information:
Paolo Mangahas
Communications Manager, WWF Coral Triangle Programme
pmangahas@wwf.org.my
Gregg Yan
Information, Education and Communications Officer, WWF-Philippines
920-7923/26/31
gyan@wwf.org.ph
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