MSC-Certified Tuna Fisheries
This table shows tuna fisheries worldwide that either have been certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or are currently undergoing a full assessment to become certified.
Helping tuna fisheries to meet and maintain sustainability criteria to achieve the MSC certification standard is ISSF’s ultimate objective.
Tuna fishery names are linked to their pages on the MSC Track a Fishery site. You can sort or filter by column. This table is updated quarterly. It was last updated on March 4, 2024.
| Fishery Name | In Full Assessment (FA) or MSC Certfied (C) | Fishing Grounds | Gear Type(s) | Tuna Species | Date entered FA or Certified until | Fishery Name | In Full Assessment (FA) or MSC Certfied (C) | Fishing Grounds | Gear Type(s) | Tuna Species | Date entered FA or Certified until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAFA and WFOA North Pacific albacore tuna | C | North Pacific Ocean | Troll | ALB | 14-May-2024 |
| AAFA and WFOA South Pacific albacore tuna | C | South Pacific, eastern central Pacific | Troll | ALB | 14-May-2024 |
| American Samoa EEZ tuna longline fishery | C | American Samoa EEZ, WCPO | Longline | ALB, YFT, BET, SKJ | 21-July-2028 |
| Canada Highly Migratory Species Foundation (CHMSF) British Columbia Albacore Tuna North Pacific | C | Canada, British Columbia, EPO | Troll | ALB | 7-Dec-2025 |
| Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack tuna | C | Eastern Indian Ocean | Purse seine free school and drifting FAD | SKJ | 8-May-2024 |
| Fiji Albacore, Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna longline | C | Fiji EEZ (including territorial and archipelagic waters) and adjoining high seas | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT | 21-July-2028 |
| French Polynesia albacore, yellowfin and swordfish longline fishery | C | WCPO | Longline | ALB, YFT, SWO | 18-June-2024 |
| Japanese Pole and Line skipjack and albacore tuna fishery | C | WCPO | Pole-and-line | ALB, SKJ | 15-April-2027 |
| Maldives pole & line skipjack tuna | C | Western Indian Ocean | Pole-and-line | SKJ | 28-May-2028 |
| New Zealand albacore tuna troll | C | New Zealand, southwest Pacific | Troll | ALB | 12-Aug-2027 |
| North Atlantic albacore artisanal fishery | C | Spain, Bay of Biscay, NAO | Pole-and-line, troll | ALB | 6-Dec-2026 |
| PNA Western and Central Pacific skipjack and yellowfin, unassociated / non FAD set, tuna purse seine | C | PNA WCPO | Purse seine free school | SKJ, YFT | 21-Dec-2023 |
| Solomon Islands skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine and pole and line | C | Solomon Islands WCPO – EEZ and Main Group Archipelago | Purse seine and pole-and-line | SKJ, YFT | 1-June-2026 |
| SZLC, CSFC & FZLC Cook Islands EEZ South Pacific albacore, yellowfin and bigeye longline | C | Cook Islands EEZ | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT | 11-Feb-2026 |
| Tri Marine Western and Central Pacific Skipjack, Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna Fishery | C | WCPO | Purse seine | BET, SKJ, YFT | 1-Sept-2026 |
| US North Atlantic swordfish, yellowfin and albacore tuna fishery | C | US N. Atlantic | Longline | ALB, SWO, YFT | 13-Feb-2029 |
| Australia Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (albacore tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and swordfish) | C | WCPO | Longline | ALB, BET, SWO, YFT | 26-Feb-2026 |
| WPSTA Western Central Pacific skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye purse seine fishery | C | WCPO | Purse seine | BET, SKJ, YFT | 20-Dec-2028 |
| Pan Pacific yellowfin, bigeye and albacore longline fishery | C | WCPO High Seas | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT | 25-Dec-2025 |
| PNG Fishing Industry Association’s purse seine Skipjack, Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna Fishery | C | EEZ’s of PNA signatories, archipelagic waters and WCPFC high seas | Purse seine | BET, SKJ, YFT | 10-Nov-2025 |
| SATHOAN French Mediterranean Bluefin tuna artisanal longline and handline fishery | C | Mediterranean and Black Sea | Longline and handline | BFT | 22-Oct-2025 |
| Solomon Islands longline albacore, bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishery | C | Solomon Islands, WCPO | Longline | ALB, YFT, BET | 28-May-2025 |
| MIFV RMI EEZ Longline Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna | C | Marshall Islands EEZ | Longline | BET, YFT | 6-April-2025 |
| Tropical Pacific yellowfin and skipjack free-school purse seine fishery | C | WCPO | Purse seine free school | SKJ, YFT | 17-April-2025 |
| Usufuku Honten Northeast Atlantic longline bluefin tuna fishery | C | NE Atlantic | Longline | BFT | 9-Feb-2026 |
| CFTO Indian Ocean Purse Seine Skipjack fishery | C | Indian Ocean (FAO 51 and 57) | Purse Seine | SKJ | 1-June-2026 |
| Owasebussan Co. Ltd. North Pacific Longline Tuna Fishery for Albacore, Yellowfin Tuna & Bigeye Tuna | C | North Pacific Ocean | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT | 3-Feb-2026 |
| Indonesia pole-and-line and handline, skipjack and yellowfin tuna of Western and Central Pacific archipelagic waters | C | Indonesia Fishery Management Areas 713, 714, 715, 716 | Pole-and-line, handline | SKJ, YFT | 25-Jan-2026 |
| Anabac Atlantic purse seine yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) fishery (FAD and FSC) | C | Atlantic | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 24-June-2026 |
| Kochi and Miyazaki Offshore Pole and Line Albacore and Skipjack fishery | C | WCPO, Japan EEZ | Pole-and-line | ALB, SKJ | 20-June-2026 |
| FSM Western and Central Pacific Tuna Purse Seine Fishery | C | WCPO High seas and EEZ of FSM, Kir, RMI, Nauru, Palau, PNG, Sol Is, Tuvalu and Tokelau | Purse seine | BET, SKJ, YFT | 4-Aug-2026 |
| AGAC four oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery (Atlantic Ocean) | C | Atlantic | Purse seine | YFT | 11-July-2027 |
| Philippine Small-Scale Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares) Handline Fishery | C | Municipal (territorial) and EEZ waters of the Philippines | Handline | YFT | 18-Oct-2026 |
| Eastern Pacific Ocean tropical tuna - purse seine (TUNACONS) fishery | C | EPO (IATTC CA, EEZs: Ecuador, Panama and US) | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 6-July-2027 |
| Eastern Pacific Ecuador Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery (FSC and FAD set fishery) | C | Ecuadorian EEZ, Peruvian EEZ and High Seas (IATTC) | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 22-Dec-2027 |
| Tri Marine Atlantic Albacore longline fishery | C | Atlantic ocean | Longline | ALB | 30-June-2027 |
| US Pacific Tuna Group Purse Seine FSC and FAD Set Fishery | C | Pacific ocean | Purse seine | BET, SKJ, YFT | 7-June-2027 |
| JC Mackintosh Greenstick, handline and fishing rod bluefin tuna fishery | C | Strait of Gibraltar | Greenstick, Handline and Rod | BFT | 7-Sept-2027 |
| Nauru Skipjack, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Tuna Purse Seine Fishery | C | WCPO and PNA | Purse seine | BET, SKJ, YFT | 6-July-2027 |
| SI WCPO skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery | C | WCPO and PNA | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 6-July-2027 |
| Hawaii longline swordfish, bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishery | C | Pacific ocean | Longline | SWO, BET, YFT | 4-Sept-2027 |
| AGAC four oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery (Eastern Pacific) | C | Eastern Pacific | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 7-Dec-2026 |
| Western Pacific Ocean longline tuna and swordfish fishery | FA | PO | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT, SWO | 13-Dec-2021 |
| Tri Marine Pacific Ocean longline tuna fishery | FA | Pacific ocean | Longline | ALB, BET, SKJ, YFT | 26-Jan-2022 |
| AGAC four oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery (Western and Central Pacific) | C | Western and Central Pacific | Purse seine | BET, SKJ, YFT | 15-March-2027 |
| Fukuichi Western and Central Pacific Ocean longline bigeye, yellowfin and albacore tuna | FA | WCPO High Seas, PNG EEZ | Longline | YFT, BET, ALB | 13-May-2022 |
| TTKV WCPO skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery | C | WCPO High Seas, EEZ’s of PNA signatories, Cook Is EEZ | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 21-June-2028 |
| DFC/HEC Western and Central Pacific longline bigeye, yellowfin and albacore tuna fishery | C | WCPO high seas | Longline | BET, YFT, ALB | 28-June-2028 |
| Tuna Alliance Atlantic albacore longline fishery | C | North and South Atlantic High Seas | Longline | ALB | 19-June-2028 |
| Katsuo Ippon-zuri Gyogyo albacore and skipjack pole and line fishery | C | WCPO High seas (FAO 71) and EEZ of: Japan, Kiribati, RMI, Tuvalu, Nauru, FSM, Sol. Is. | Pole-and-line | SKJ, ALB | 2-April-2028 |
| AGAC four oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery (Indian Ocean) | C | Indian Ocean | Purse seine | SKJ | 5-July-2027 |
| ANABAC Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack fishery | FA | Tropical Indian Ocean | Purse seine | SKJ | 11-Feb-2029 |
| Silla WCPO longline tuna and swordfish fishery | FA | Tuvalu EEZ, WCPO High Seas | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT, SWO | 10-Nov-2022 |
| North West Atlantic Canada Swordfish and Tuna | C | North Atlantic | Longline, Troll, Rod-and-reel, Buoy | ALB, YFT, SWO | 4-Jan-2029 |
| Atlantic Ocean tropical tuna French purse seine | FA | Atlantic ocean | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 19-Jan-2023 |
| Fortuna Pacific longline albacore, bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishery | FA | Pacific ocean | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT | 31-Jan-2023 |
| Kyowa-Meiho Japan skipjack and yellowfin purse seine fishery | C | EEZs of PNA signatories and WCPFC high seas | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 15-Feb-2029 |
| Silla, NFCD WCPO purse seine tuna fishery | FA | EEZs of PNA countries, EEZ of Cook Islands, WCPO high seas | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT, BET | 20-Feb-2023 |
| Atún Sostenible EPO Panamá Tuna Fishery | FA | EEZ of Ecuador and Colombia, High seas of FAO Areas 77 and 87 | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 3-March-2023 |
| TAFCO FSM skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery | C | EEZs of PNA signatories and WCPFC high seas, except the high‐seas pocket | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 25-Feb-2029 |
| Consolidated Atlantic ocean albacore tuna longline fishery | FA | ICCAT High Seas. FAO areas 41/47, 31/34/21/27 | Longline | ALB | 31-March-2023 |
| Capsen & Grand Bleu Atlantic Ocean purse seine skipjack and yellowfin tuna fishery | FA | AtlanticFAO area 34, ICCAT High Seas and the EEZs of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Mauritania and Senegal | Purse seine | SKJ, YFT | 28-April-2023 |
| Dae Hae Pacific Yellowfin, Bigeye, Albacore, and Swordfish Longline | FA | Pacific ocean | Longline | BET, YFT, ALB, SWO | 28-April-2023 |
| Dongwon skipjack Indian Ocean purse seine fishery | FA | High seas of the Indian Ocean (FAO 51/57) and EEZ of Seychelles | Purse seine | SKJ | 28-April-2023 |
| Sajo WCPO and EPO bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore tuna longline | FA | Pacific ocean | Longline | BET, YFT, ALB | 28-April-2023 |
| Pingtairong Pacific tuna deep set longline fishery | FA | WCPO high seas, EPO high seas, overlap area and Cook Is EEZ | Longline | ALB, BET, YFT, SWO | 4-May-2023 |
| South Africa Albacore Tuna Pole and Line Fishery | FA | South Africa EEZ, AO High Seas | Pole-and-line (incl. troll) and rod-and-reel (incl. handline) | ALB | 18-Dec-2023 |
| Southern Africa Sustainable Tuna Association (SASTA) Albacore Pole and Line Fishery | FA | South Africa EEZ | Pole-and-line (incl. troll) | ALB | 31-Jan-2024 |