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• Press Release

  NFI Crab Council Signs MOU with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

  The National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) Crab Council has signed an agreement with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership that formalizes a relationship of collaboration and common-interest for Blue Swimming Crab sustainability. The memorandum of understanding between the industry trade group and seafood NGO establishes areas of cooperation that will lead to the strengthening…

• Blog Post

  FIPs – a view of the landscape

  SFP welcomes the publication of a new report on fishery improvement projects by California Environmental Associates. The work was commissioned by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation. The report offers a global snapshot of FIPs around the world and…

  

• Blog Post

  How seafood sustainability got its start at Wegmans

  Wegmans kindly shared this blog with us.  I have been in my “new” role at Wegmans for three years now —V.P. Seafood Sustainability. I’m so fortunate to work for a company that recognizes its responsibility to its employees, customers and the environment we all share. My 40 years of seafood…

  

• Publication

  SFP Report on the Wild Shrimp Sector: Bycatch in Global Shrimp Fisheries

  An analysis of the problem of bycatch in global wild shrimp fisheries. See the report's data annex here.

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  SFP Report on Bycatch Released

  Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) today released a report about bycatch in the wild shrimp sector which concludes that shrimp trawling accounts for more bycatch volume than any other fishery type but that efforts to reduce bycatch can make a positive difference.  The report also highlights risks and considerations for retailers…

• Press Release

  Beaver Street Fisheries and SFP Announce Partnership

  Beaver Street Fisheries, Inc. (BSF) and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) announced a plan for a partnership dedicated to ensuring the environmentally and socially responsible and sustainable sourcing of seafood. SFP is dedicated to helping businesses source seafood responsibly and works with major seafood buyers across the world. The partnership with…

• Publication

  SFP Reduction Fisheries Sector Report 2015

  An overview of 24 of the most significant fisheries used for the production of fishmeal and fish oil.

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  SFP publishes annual sustainability overview of reduction fisheries

  Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) today (27 July 2015) released the annual sustainability overview of reduction fisheries. The overview covers 24 of the most significant fisheries used for the production of fishmeal and fish oil (with a total catch in excess of 9 million tonnes) and rated according to the sustainability…

• Blog Post

  Walmart stays the course on sustainability

  Speaking of shrimp, with the encouragement of Walmart and Sam’s Club, FIPs were developed in both the US Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Gulf of California to address environmental impacts of the shrimp fisheries there. Just this summer, a fishery management plan was developed in Louisiana, and fishermen in…

  

• Press Release

  European companies take the lead in seafood transparency

  Five of Europe’s leading companies with interests in seafood today (23 July 2015) demonstrated a powerful commitment to corporate transparency by publishing the full lists of fisheries that they use for sourcing along with data on sustainability. The initiative, conducted with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) and known as the…