FCF commits to sustainable tuna harvest practices

FCF Fishery Company (FCF) has signified its commitment to maintaining the highest standards of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in terms of sustainable tuna harvesting from the waters of the Pacific Island Nations (PNA).

FCF’s joint investment company, Nambawan, along with its associated fleet, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PNAO/Pacifical, the marketing arm of the PNA.

Under the agreement, which has been several years in the making, FCF will work with the PNA and Pacifical on criteria for certification, and ensuring traceability and reporting of harvested fish up until transportation and processing into semi-finished and finished products.

“With this MOU, along with other committed vessels in our supply chain platform, FCF will be the largest solution provider of PNAO/MSC tuna from ‘ocean to table,” said FCF chief executive W.H.Lee. “This truly is an exciting development.”

FCF is the largest tuna supplier in Western Pacific, and has been a leader in multiple projects throughout the PNA region for more than 30 years. In 2011, the company co-founded Nambawan, a state-of-the-art tuna processing plant located in Papua New Guinea, along with TSP and TPJ, which are major fishing companies in the Philippines.

The Nambawan plant, slated to begin operations in September 2015, has the production capacity of up to 200 metric tons of tuna per day, and has an exclusive agreement with FCF to the global market.