A leading player in the tuna industry, FCF has validated the maintenance of its Friend of the Sea certification for yellowfin and skipjack fisheries.
The company has held this certification for its core tuna operations since 2014, underscoring its commitment to environmental and social standards in the complex global tuna supply chain.
‘Maintaining the Friend of the Sea certification for our key tuna products is not just a regulatory compliance matter; it is a core affirmation of our business model,’ said FCF president Max Chou.
‘Tuna is the backbone of our operation, and our continuous adherence to FOS standards – which demand non-overexploited stocks, low ecosystem impact, and commitment to social accountability – reflects our belief that commercial success must be inseparable from environmental stewardship.’
Key compliance areas for FCF’s certified tuna include sourcing from healthy, non-overexploited skipjack and yellowfin stocks, ensuring that fishing practices result in minimal bycatch and have negligible impact on ETP species, adhering to the FOS requirement for the use of non-entangling FADs and maintaining robust traceability and monitoring systems to ensure a zero-tolerance policy against IUU fishing.
FCF actively participates in multiple FIPs, utilising these collaborative platforms to drive continuous, measurable improvements toward full sustainability in fisheries that are not yet certified, and also continues to respond to global calls for climate change mitigation by gradually advancing its carbon reduction initiatives.
As part of this effort, FCF is actively assessing its carbon emissions and product carbon footprints, with a commitment to establishing emission reduction targets over time.
‘The scale of FCF’s tuna operations gives them a responsibility, and an opportunity, to drive meaningful change globally,’ said FOS director Paolo Bray.
‘By continuing to align with Friend of the Sea standards – particularly in areas such as FAD management and monitoring – FCF demonstrates its ongoing commitment to responsible and sustainable sourcing.’
