The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has suspended tuna processor PT Aneka Tuna Indonesia (ATI), citing non-conformance with one of its conservation measures.
ISSF said that ATI had “major non-conformance” issues with ISSF Conservation Measure 2.3 – product labeling by species and area of capture – in two annual independent audit cycles. Conservation Measure 2.3 requires an ISSF participating company to identify tuna species and ocean of capture for its branded tuna products – either on the product label, or through a web-based traceability system.
“Following the initial finding, ATI was directed to provide a remediation plan,” ISSF said. “ATI did not provide the requested plan, and the subsequent independent audit identified a repeat major non-conformance with the same measure.”
ISSF tracked conformance across 32 conservation measures in 2025, and its latest compliance report, published in July 2026, detailed efforts of 24 companies that participated in its program. It showed 98.83 percent conformance with its program, down from the 99.6 percent it had in 2024.
Audits by MRAG Americas of vessels found just one company with major non-conformances, which was associated with ATI. Six other companies also had non-conformances with ISSF’s measures, but those were considered minor, the report said.
“ISSF participating companies undergo annual independent audits against applicable conservation measures,” ISSF said. “Under the ISSA Compliance Policy, non-conformances are subject to remediation and review. ATI’s repeat major non-conformance was referred to a compliance committee, whose recommendation was presented to the Board before its suspension vote.”
ATI was also named in a Greenpeace report in March which alleged the Indonesian tuna industry engages in environmentally destructive fishing and labor rights abuses. It claimed ATI purchased tuna from one of 17 different vessels that engaged in the destructive practices, and that it in turn supplied 10 Australian seafood companies with those products.
ATI first joined ISSF in 2016, and the company’s website said it was established in 1991 as a joint venture between Itochu Corporation, Hagoromo Foods Corporation, and “one other foreign firm,” and began commercial operations in 1992. According to the company it produces tuna under the Sunbell Gold and Hagoromo brands.
