October 8, 2024 — The following was released by the Monterey Bay Aquarium:
With a new assessment showing Pacific bluefin tuna rebounding, Pacific nations can build on progress with a long-term management plan
For the first time in the 25-year history of the program, Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch today released new assessments for Pacific bluefin tuna fisheries in the Eastern Pacific region and assigned a yellow (good alternative) rating to Pacific bluefin tuna caught by fisheries in California and Mexico using FAD-free purse seines, and the U.S. pole-and-line fishery.
Like all bluefin tuna, these fisheries were previously rated red (avoid) due to overfishing across the Pacific. The assessment did not include an update to Mexico’s ranching operations, which are still rated red.