SFP – Reduction Fisheries Reports
Global
What is it?
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) is a US-registered nonprofit that operates globally to rebuild depleted fish stocks and reduce the environmental and social impacts of fishing and fish farming. The organization works by engaging fishery stakeholders and seafood businesses throughout the supply chain to promote the sustainable production of seafood.
- Category A: Very well-managed fisheries
- Category B1: Reasonably managed fisheries with stock in good condition
- Category B2: Reasonably managed fisheries
- Category DD: Fisheries with high uncertainty in terms of their stock status or management
- Category C: Poorly managed fisheries
What is it?
Reports providing annual sustainability assessments of the main Pacific and Atlantic fishery stocks used for reduction purposes.
How to use it?
Reports provide a summary of the SFP management and stock status scores provided by FishSource. These are then used to determine an overall sustainability category (A, B1, B2, DD, C) where:
These can be used to determine if source fisheries providing marine feed ingredients are in danger of overexploitation and potentially reduced catch per unit effort.
Footnote
A reduction fishery is one that uses, or ‘reduces’, its catch to produce fish meal or fish oil rather than for direct human consumption – MSC 2019