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  Legal Liability under US Law for Importing and Selling Illegal Seafood

  An SFP Policy Brief that discusses potential liability under various US laws for individuals and companies who buy or import illegal seafood.

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• Press Release

  U.S. Squid Producers and Suppliers Join Forces with International Counterparts Against IUU Squid

  Looking to use their market power to reduce and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing worldwide, several U.S. squid producers and suppliers are working with European, Canadian and Australian companies to create an IUU Working Group, with technical support from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP).  Companies participating from the United States include Aqua…

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  Implementing area-based aquaculture management with data-driven tools

  This Aquaculture Technology Spotlight focuses on the growing number of data-driven tools that bring fish farmers and their data together to monitor the cumulative impacts and shared risks associated with aquaculture, beyond the traditional farm scale.

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  Importing Illegal Seafood Under European Union Laws: Liabilities for Importers

  An SFP Policy Brief that identifies the various frameworks and mechanisms regulating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) seafood under European Union laws, as well as the legal and financial liabilities for importers that arise under these frameworks.

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• Press Release

  On World Oceans Day, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Improves Fishery Sustainability Practices

  Washington, DC —  The Walton Family Foundation announced today a grant renewal to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) to advance sustainability in nine seafood sectors, including octopus, tuna, shrimp, squid, mahi-mahi, whitefish, reduction fisheries, blue swimming crab, and snapper-grouper. SFP leverages the buying power of companies across the seafood supply chain…

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  Procurement Options to Support Use of Ropeless Gear in U.S. Lobster and Canadian Snow Crab and Lobster Fisheries

  This Expert Brief examines the threat posed to the Critically Endangered North Atlantic right whale from North American lobster and crab fisheries, and the potential for ropeless gear to eliminate this threat.  

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  You can help save the oceans – without giving up seafood

  If you love the ocean and want to protect marine wildlife, then you should buy your food from retailers who are supporting fisheries improvements worldwide. While others might tell you to stop eating fish, or to only eat certified fish, the most impactful thing you can do is actually to…

  

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  SFP Applauds Ecuador’s First National-Level Fishery Management Plan

  Ecuador’s Undersecretariat of Fisheries Resources this week launched a new management plan for the country’s multi-species small pelagics fishery. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) recognized it as an important milestone in national fisheries management in Ecuador. It is the first national-level fishery management plan with established objectives, goals and management measures…

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  Philippines Event Features Women in Fisheries for National Women’s Month

  Fishing has long been seen as a male-dominated industry, with men literally and figuratively steering the ship. This March, during National Women’s Month, it is important we recognize the critical, though sometimes hidden, contributions of women to fisheries. From net-mending and post-harvest processing, to consolidating catch and forwarding to bigger…

  

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  SFP and University of Washington Release Updated FIP Database

  Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) and the Hilborn Lab at the University of Washington today released a new and improved version of their Fishery Improvement Projects Database (FIP-DB). The updated 2020 version of the database includes data on all 249 recorded fishery improvement projects (FIPs) known to have been publicly launched…