Marketing MSC certify sustainable skipjack tuna from the Maldives to the United States market

This internship project is focused on examining an MSC certified sustainable fishery and analyzing the sustainability of the fish species, fishing method, socioeconomic benefits to the fishing community, and marketing of a canned skipjack tuna product in the U.S. market. The fishery being examined is the skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) fishery in the Maldives, which will be researched in collaboration with the Maldives Industrial Fishing Company (MIFCO) and Fortuna Sea Products, Inc.