SFP – The Bycatch Solutions Hub
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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.
What is it?
The first-ever tool highlighting voluntary, industry-led adoption of best practices to reduce bycatch and innovations to protect ocean wildlife.
This SFP tool aims to connect seafood retailers and businesses that want to financially support projects to reduce ocean wildlife bycatch with organizations capable of implementing in-the-water solutions.
How to use it?
The tool identifies bycatch species associated with target fishery species. The tool then expands upon this by providing solutions in the form of recommendations on which fishing gears should be used and what best practices should be followed to reduce and eliminate this risk.
Meanwhile, the gear type can also be consulted to identify potential risks and solutions. For example, avoiding hotspots and the backdown method.
The site can be navigated via an ocean area map, or by bycatch taxa, gear type, and solutions, and also includes details and links to funding opportunities to make improvements.
Footnote
Bycatch –the capture of non-target species in fishing, such as sharks, marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds.