Interesting facts

Did you know that tuna fish cannot stop swimming during their entire life?

on 02 October 2012. Posted in Interesting facts

sabiasq These fish are not able to pump water through their gills if they are not swimming. Therefore, they do not stop moving even for a moment during their entire lives. They even swim while sleeping, although they do it much more slowly, moving slowly enough to make water pass through their gills.

Did you know that tuna fish are able to regulate their body temperature?

on 01 October 2012. Posted in Interesting facts

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Tuna, like mammals and birds, are homeothermic (warm-blooded) animals. This means that they are able to maintain their body temperature a few degrees above or below the environment temperature.

NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC CERTIFICATION REPORT

25^Th JUNE 2021

ANABAC ATLANTIC UNASSOCIATED PURSE SEINE YELLOWFIN TUNA FISHERY

Client: ANABAC (Asociacion Nacional de Armadores de Buques Atuneros Congeladores)

Marine Stewardship Council

CAB: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS

Following a 15-day objection period on the Final Draft Report for the ANABAC Atlantic unassociated purse seine yellowfin tuna fishery the Public Certification Report was produced by the assessment team and published at the MSC website on June 25, 2021.

Both the assessment team and Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS determined that the assessed fishery complies with MSC Fisheries Certification Requirements, so the certification is awarded. The fishery certificate will expire on June 24, 2026 subject to the results of ongoing surveillance audits.

The product caught by the UoC presented in the table below is eligible to be sold by the client group as MSC certified and enter further certified CoC. However, restrictions on the fully certified product entering further CoC have been imposed since the vessels included in the UoC are required to have their own on-board MSC-CoC certificates.Read more...