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The SWITCH-Asia program, launched in 2007, is part of the European Union’s strategy to promote sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in Asia. As of 2023, it covers 42 countries in Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific, targeting emerging economies and major CO2-emitting countries.

In 2020, the yellowfin tuna handline fishermen of the Mindoro Strait and the Lagonoy Gulf, along with processors who supported their cause, established the Philippine Tuna Handline Partnership—a coalition that serves as a client group providing them access to local and international markets, and through which they can strive to earn an eco-label certification. Photo credit: Courtesy of WWF-Philippines.
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Sustainable and Equitable Fishing: The Tuna Fishers of Occidental Mindoro

Realizing the need to move beyond mere survival, fishers now making it a priority to ensure the sustainability of marine ecosystems.