The Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna’s membership includes like-minded companies fully committed to thoughtful and careful stewardship of the Northeastern Tropical Pacific Purse Seine Yellowfin and Skipjack Tuna Fishery good fisheries management and sustainable fishing practices.
Grupomar
Grupo Maritimo Industrial (Grupomar) is a family of vertically integrated companies operating in the maritime, fisheries, and food sectors in Mexico. Our team of 2,000+ (and growing) individuals work collaboratively within these companies.
We have been operating longer than any other tuna fishing company in Mexico, having been in business since 1980. We are dedicated to being leaders in commercial fishing, port activities and food processing, and we market our consumer products both nationally and internationally. We are proud to say that we have the most efficient tuna fleet in Mexico.
As an organization we are also committed to working to achieve the highest quality and competitiveness standards, generating value for shareholders, customers and suppliers — all that while protecting and respecting our environment, and always in compliance with local and international standards for resource conservation.
Pesca Azteca
Pesca Azteca is the fishing fleet of Grupo PINSA, the largest tuna company in Latin America, covering all segments from fishing to the consumer’s plate. Born in 1984 from a combination of Vision, Passion and Respect for the Ocean, Pesca Azteca is now the largest tuna fleet in Latin America with 20 purse seiners all operating under the strictest and most sustainable practices of the industry.
Based in Mazatlan, Pesca Azteca boasts more than 1,000 employees, all proud of providing customers in Mexico and the World high quality tuna. Pesca Azteca and the other subsidiaries of Grupo PINSA all operate under the most socially responsible standards and strive to provide the best working environment for everyday more and more people.
Procesa
Procesa is a company founded by young entrepreneurs, Alejandro Chaljub and Mauricio Pariente, in 2006. With a passion for innovation, Procesa is dedicated to transforming lives through nutrition by processing and packaging tuna in its plant in Puerto Chiapas, where they help the community by employing men and women in the nearby rural areas.
Procesa has approximately 520 employees between its production plant in Chiapas and its corporate office in Mexico City. In 2010, Procesa decided to broaden its company’s production and vision by including fishing operations. With the acquisition of two fishing vessels, Victoria and Jaguar, Pesca Chiapas was born.
Pesca Chiapas employs 50 crew members, 4 divers and 12 professional administrative staff members in Ensenada, Mexico. 100% of this business is based on sustainable tuna fishing. The finished product is high quality yellowfin tuna in a convenient pouch.
