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  Breakthrough Commitment from Asda Welcomed by Marine Wildlife Charities

  Three leading marine conservation charities today welcomed a breakthrough commitment by supermarket giant Asda to protect endangered, threatened and protected (ETP) marine species such as sharks, turtles, seabirds and dolphins from being accidentally killed in the fisheries that supply Asda with seafood. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, BirdLife International and Whale and Dolphin Conservation have been…

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  SFP News February 2021

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  SFP Holiday Card December 2020

• Blog Post

  Big news over a decade in the making

  After six years of personal engagement and more than a decade of work by Thai and international stakeholders, I am thrilled to congratulate the Thai Sustainable Fisheries Roundtable on the announcement that their Gulf of Thailand mixed trawl improvement project has been formally accepted into the MarinTrust Improvers Program. This…

  

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  International buyers of jumbo flying squid from Peru call on the Peruvian government to rapidly advance fishery improvements

  Formalization of the Peruvian artisanal fleet is required to ensure compliance with the first Conservation and Management Measure for jumbo flying squid, adopted earlier this year by the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO)  More than 20 major buyers of jumbo flying squid in the United States and Europe…

• Publication

  2020 Reduction Fisheries Report

  The 2020 Reduction Fisheries Report finds that overall sustainability performance in the reduction fisheries sector has continued to decrease slightly since 2018, although industry leadership and commitment remains solid. Download the companion report on alternative aquaculture feeds here.

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  SFP 2020 reduction fisheries report: Slippage in production volumes from “reasonably well-managed” fisheries; urgent need for improvements in key regions

  A new report by Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) released today finds that overall sustainability performance in the reduction fisheries sector has continued to decrease slightly since 2018, although industry leadership and commitment remains solid. The decrease in performance was driven primarily by a drop in scoring of NE Atlantic blue…

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  FIP improves the stock status and sustainability of Ecuador’s small pelagics

  The stock status of six small pelagic species in Ecuador has improved significantly in the last two years, in large part through the implementation of voluntary management measures developed by the industry-led Ecuador Small Pelagics Sustainability Fishery Improvement Project (SPS-FIP). Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has provided technical advice on the…

• Publication

  ASDA Bycatch Report and Audit

  An assessment by Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, RSPB/Birdlife International, and Whale and Dolphin Conservation of the “bycatch,” the capture of non-target species, in the fisheries that supply Asda’s seafood. Download the full audit here.

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  Top UK Seafood Products May Pose Risks to Sharks, Seabirds, Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles

  ASDA first major retailer to assess impacts of its seafood business on ocean wildlife  London – An independent report released today assesses the risks to ocean wildlife from incidental capture in the fisheries that supply seafood to UK supermarket chain Asda. The report examines threats to marine mammals, sharks, seabirds…