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The Tuna Commitment

In 2021, Thai Union Group launched an update to its Tuna Commitment, which aims to build on the successes from the previous five years and look ahead to the next five years. By 2025, the tuna Thai Union sources will be from vessels and suppliers that demonstrate Operational Best Practice to prevent Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated (IUU) fishing and modern slavery.

Operational best practice for vessels is defined to include the following aspects which will collectively comprise the milestones and targets for the 2025 Tuna Commitment:

1

Tuna fisheries that Thai Union sources from are engaged in FIPs towards MSC certification, are in MSC assessment or are MSC certified

2

Vessels have completed Vessel Improvement Plans or meet the VCoC or equivalent

3

Vessels are monitored at sea and have either human or electronic coverage

4

Suppliers and Thai Union operations meet ISSF conservation measures

5

Vessels must report data, meet quota allocations and conservation measures according to RFMO resolutions

6

Tuna is traceable to vessel and the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) Standard 1.0 is implementable

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