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THE THAI TUNA INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

TO SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL

AND SOCIAL PRACTICES

• Dr.Chanintr Chalisarapong

• Director of Board of Trade of Thailand

• President of Thai Tuna Industry Association

• 10 November 2015, Bangkok, Thailand

1 to 1 meeting, Bangkok – from 9th to 12th November, 2015

PART I : Commercial Figures

PART II : Enabling Sustainability through Engagement and Advocacy

Part II : Private Sectors Commitments In Promoting International Ethical Standard

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PART I : Commercial Figures

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Thai Import of Frozen Raw Tuna from the Worldin 2010-2014

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Albacore 0303.41.00 130 129 188 122 145Yellowfin 0303.42.00 159 191 290 244 178Skipjack 0303.43.00 804 1,053 1,124 1,197 751Bigeye 0303.44.00 16 13 8 34 28other 0303.49.00 5.8 13.3 18.3 9 9

1,115 1,400 1,628 1,606 1,110 Source : www.moc.go.th Prepared by Thai Tuna Industry Association

Product H.S. Code

Total Frozen Tuna

Value (Million USD)

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Albacore 0303.41.00 48,892 42,906 53,516 48,482 50,328Yellowfin 0303.42.00 103,538 89,392 120,461 105,488 97,831Skipjack 0303.43.00 650,448 631,881 534,572 577,073 520,050Bigeye 0303.44.00 14,091 7,024 3,690 15,568 17,412other 0303.49.00 5,621 10,245 10,250 6,503 8,306

822,590 781,448 722,489 752,725 693,927Source : www.moc.go.th Prepared by Thai Tuna Industry Association

Quantity (Ton)H.S. Code

Total Frozen Tuna

Product

Enabling Sustainability through Engagement and Advocacy

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1. Private Sectors Commitment to support the government policy in combating Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing

2. TTIA Statement towards a Yellow Card by the EU3. TTIA Promotes Sustainability Projects4. WCPFC Stocks5. The Status of Longtail Tuna(Thunnus tonggol)

Resource and Fisheries in Thailand

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1. Private Sectors Commitment to support the government policy in combating Human Trafficking and IUU Fishing

16 June 2015 at Dusit Thani hotel

- Advocate, promote, and strictly comply with relevant legislations, including the Fisheries Act (2015) and the Anti-human trafficking no. 2 (2015)

- Ban fishing vessels which non compliance towards legislations- Law enforcement- Transparency and Accountability

• The Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA) takes the recent issuing of a yellow card by the EU commission very seriously and wishes to convey that our association is being proactive in resolving the concerns that have been brought up. The TTIA would like to clarify that the tuna that is received and processed in member facilities is primarily from the western/ central pacific ocean and indian ocean which is under the control and management of their respective regional fisheries management organizations (RFMO's). TTIA members strictly follow the RFMO's guidelines and listings of IUU vessels and would only purchase fish from vessels registered within the RFMO's jurisdiction.

• In addition, TTIA members follow strict chain of custody and control protocols on the fish that they purchase to ensure that a stringent and transparent tracking from catching vessel to carrier and onwards to the processing facility and final market is monitored and documented at every stage of the operation. This involves EU approved competent authorities monitoring and approving at the transshipment port, the flag state of the vessel verifying and confirming the registration and fishing activity of the fishing vessel, monitoring the discharge of the carrier in Thailand as well as final confirmation by the Thai department of fisheries prior to export to the EU that all documents are in compliance.

• TTIA continues to work closely with the Thai government to strengthen the legal framework of fisheries management legislation to improve monitoring, control, inspection and surveillance capacities. The Thai government is moving quickly in amending and implementing the necessary changes to comply and address the EU commission's concerns. We are confident that our efforts will yield positive results in the very near future and will issue further updates as we progress along our path to full compliance.

2. TTIA Statement towards a Yellow Card by the EU

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3. TTIA Promotes Sustainability Projects

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Strategic ObjectiveTo improve sustainability of global tuna stocks by developing and implementing verifiable, science-based practices, commitments and international management measures that result in tuna fisheries meeting the MSC certification standard1 without conditions, and becoming the industry standard for vessel owners, traders, processors and marketers.

ISSF Strategic Plan provides the road map

ISSF

Participating Companies

Environmental Stakeholder

Groups

Government & Regulatory

Bodies

Scientists

Vessels

Foundations

Retailers

Non Participating Companies

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4. WCPFC STOCKS

CATCHES IN THE WCPFC CONVENTION AREA

MINUS OVERLAP WITH IATTC CONV. AREA

Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Trends in catch (mt) of bigeye, skipjack and yellowfin in the WCPO region, by gear (top) and by species(bottom), 1950-2013.

By gear

By species

Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Average 2009-2013 catches of skipjack, yellowfin and bigeyetuna in the WCPO.

The graph on the top shows the percentages by species, and the graph on the bottom shows the percentages by gear type.

By gear

By species

Catches of bigeye tuna, skipjack and yellowfin tuna in the WCPO from 1950 to 2013, by gear type.

Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

PS

PS

PS

LL

Stock Status By Species Updated: February, 2015http://iss-foundation.org/resources/downloads/?did=564

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S T O C K B Y S P E C I E S

C A T C H B I O M A S S F I S H I N G M O R T A L I T Y

B Y C A T C H

Albacore 261 (6%)

Pacific Ocean-N 93

Pacific Ocean-S 85

Atlantic Ocean-N 25

Atlantic Ocean-S 19

Atlantic -Mediterranean

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Indian Ocean 38

Skipjack 2,656 (58%)

Eastern Pacific 279

Western Pacific 1,729

Atlantic Ocean-E 204

Atlantic Ocean-W 19

Indian Ocean 425

S T O C K B Y S P E C I E S

C A T C H B I O M A S S F I S H I N G M O R T A L I T Y

B Y C A T C H

Bigeye 389 (9%)

Eastern Pacific 78

Western Pacific 139

Atlantic Ocean 63

Indian Ocean 109

Bluefin 39 (<1%)

Pacific Bluefin 12

Atlantic Ocean-E 13

Atlantic Ocean-W 2

Southern Bluefin 12

Yellowfin 1,231 (27%)

Eastern Pacific 223

Western Pacific 513

Atlantic Ocean 93

Indian Ocean 402

5. The Status of Longtail tuna(Thunnus tonggol) Resource and Fisheries in Thailand

• Catch Production The amount of Longtail tuna caught inside Thai EEZs has stably

ranged from 6,453 to 9,974 tons during 2008 to 2012. • Recommendation from Technical Study

According to the study results, it can be seen that the main fishing gear for longtail tuna is TUNA-PS (3.7-4.0 inch of mesh size) that basically use sonar to spot the fish schools (targeting big pelagic species, e.g. neritic tunas) instead of using FADs or lights to lure fish.

The percentage of longtail tuna caught by TUNA-PS operating in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea was not big different, accounting 66.72% and 63.60% of total catch, respectively.

Additionally, it can be concluded that tunas caught by TUNA-PS are appropriate for utilization as most of them have the size larger than the size at first maturity.

In terms of endanger species or rare species, they have not been found in the catch of purse seines fisheries.

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Future Challenges

1. New building purse seiner vessel

58 units during 2013-2015.

2. Possible tuna catching in 2015,

5 million tons, comparing to

4.4 million tons in 201419

Private Sectors Commitments In Promoting International Ethical Standard

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1. Tuna and Seafood Entrepreneurs’ Policy Commitment on Ethical Code of Conduct

( ) Yes health and safety

( ) Yes freedom of association and right to collective bargaining

( ) Yes remuneration

( ) Yes welfare and benefit

(X) No child labour

(X) No forced and compulsory labour practices

(X) No discrimination

(X) No disciplinary unfair punishment21

2. Good Labor Practice (GLP) for Tuna and Seafood Processing Industry with ILO

• GLP based on voluntary basis to promote compliance for Thai labor law and international labor standards.

• November 2013 - March 2015, TTIA had collaborated with International Labor Organization (ILO), Social Welfare and Labor Protection Department, Fishery Department and Thai Frozen Food Association to organize ILO-GLP training project for tuna and seafood processing factories and followed up their GLP Action Plans.

• In 2015, TTIA in collaboration with TFPC* have a plan to proceed “GLP Improvement Project” with the aim to push sustainable compliance of local and international labour standards for processing factories and their supply chain.

22TFPC* Thai Fishery Producers Coalition consisting of 6 associations; Thai Frozen Foods Association, Thai Food Processors’Association, Thai Shrimp Association, Thai Feed Meal Association, Thai Fishmeal Producer Association and Thai Tuna Industry Association

3. Implementation and Monitoring Toward Ethical Standard Audited by Third Party

List of Ethical Standards

- Thai Labour Standard: Corporate Social Responsibility of Thai Business TLS 8001-2010 (B.E.2553) by Ministry of Labour

- CSR – DIW

- Sedex Ethical Trade

- BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative)

- ICA (ICA SOCIAL AUDIT : Primary Production Third Party Audit)

- ICS (Initiative Clause sociale)

- ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative)

- Supplier Code of Conduct MARS

- Supplier Code of Conduct AEON

- Safeway Global Sourcing/ Intertek

- McDonald’s Social Accountability

- SYSCO Corporation (BSCC)

- WALMART Ethical Standard

TTIA and NGOs Cooperation

1. ISSF International Seafood Sustainability Foundation –Sustainability

2. FOS Friend of the Sea / EII Earth Island Institute – Sustainability and Ethical Standard

3. MSC Marine Stewardship Council –Sustainability

4. Finnwatch– Ethical Standard

5. MWRN Migrant Worker Rights Network – Ethical Standard

6. LPN Labour Rights Promotion Network – Ethical Standard

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- Complaint Platform Workshop: TTIA, TFFA and TFPA jointly with Migrant Worker Right Network (MWRN) organize continuously an activity to promote understanding and trust among the employers and migrant workers including brainstorming for solutions on various labor issues. --The 1st workshop held on 19-20 Dec 2014 in Samutsakhon--The 2nd workshop held on 6-7 August 2015 in Samutsakhon

4. Complaint Mechanism Activity

- Setting up a joint committee on social security welfare- Installing a complaint box - Training labor on GLP and rights

- Hot line by TFPC in cooperation with LPN Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation, in both Thai and Myanmarese speakers.

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5. Social Accountability TTIA as a part of TFPC in cooperation with the

human right NGOs improve and promote the quality of life and welfare of the labour and their children who form a part of the industry.

- Supporting finance to hire teachers to teach migrant labors’ children to improve their learning process and prepare them for the Thai education system.

- Supporting scholarships to students in the education project for alien child labour.

- Supporting child care centre

- Arranging annually activities for children in the occasion of Children Day and Against Child Labour’s Day.

- International migrants day activities: TFPC, MWRN and state enterprises workers’ relations confederation (SERC) jointly organized activities to celebrate the UN’s international migrants day on 18 December 2014.

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