Fish Buyer in P.E.I. Opens Plant to Promote Canada’s Sustainable Tuna Fishery

Tuna fishermen pose with their catch in a handout photo.A tuna buyer in Prince Edward Island has opened Canada's first federally licensed plant to process bluefin tuna for the world sushi market. HO-Jason Tompkins/The Canadian Press

A tuna buyer in Prince Edward Island has opened Canada’s first federally licensed plant to process bluefin tuna for the world sushi market.

Jason Tompkins of OneTuna, says after 18 years as a tuna buyer he saw an opportunity to change the way tuna is bought, sold, and marketed, and he’s looking to spread the word that Canada has the most regulated and sustainable tuna fishery in the world.