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    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…

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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…

  • 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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    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…

  • 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…
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  • Press Release

    Lumar Seafood International and SFP announce new partnership

    Lumar Seafood International (Lumar) and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) announced today (15 July 2015) a partnership dedicated to ensuring the ecological sustainability of seafood supplies.  SFP is dedicated to helping businesses source seafood responsibly and works with major seafood buyers across the world. The partnership with Lumar will involve comprehensive assessments…

  • Blog Post

    A letter to the journal Science on FIPs

    Dear Sir/Madam, Your recent article [“Secure sustainable seafood from developing countries,” Science, 1 May, 2015, Vol. 348, Issue 6234, Page 504] on fishery improvement projects (FIPs) provided valuable insights into some of the challenges and opportunities associated with this approach. FIPs certainly do need to be transparent and demonstrate steady progress…
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  • Blog Post

    Task Force on IUU Fishing

      Is the action plan from the US Task Force on IUU Fishing on the right track? Last month, the US Commerce and State Department-led Presidential Task Force on Combatting IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud released an action plan for implementing the Task Force’s 15 recommendations.  These recommendations comprehensively addressed…
    Chinese commercial fishing boats moored on the outer anchorage in Strait of Singapore.

  • Press Release

    Briefing on Tuna Longline Fisheries Identifies Best Practices for Reducing Bycatch

    Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) today released a briefing on best practices for reducing bycatch in tuna longline fisheries. The report focuses on ways that longline fisheries can substantially reduce catching non-target species and offers industry guidance on ways to insist that such practices are adopted when sourcing tuna. The briefing…

  • Publication

    Best Practices in Tuna Longline Fishing

    A look at how longline fisheries can substantially reduce catching non-target species, with industry guidance on ways to insist that such practices are adopted when sourcing tuna.

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