SFP Discussion Paper: Public Access to Environmental Information Around Salmon Aquaculture

A new discussion paper from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), released today, challenges the salmon aquaculture sector to be more proactive in publicly disclosing information about environmental impacts and to create a model for industry-wide best practice.

 Why is Sustainable Aquaculture Feed Important?

Aquaculture is a vibrant and rapidly expanding sector which already accounts for almost half of global seafood production. However, expansion brings challenges and ensuring that the feeds used in aquaculture are obtained from sustainable fisheries has become a significant issue for the industry. 

SFP compiles and synthesizes publicly available information on fisheries worldwide and presents it in a standardized way on the FishSource website. This information is further processed through a series of algorithms and the outcomes are displayed on SFP’s buyer partners “Metrics Dashboard,” including color ratings with explanations, and respective improvement recommendations.  

 The European Commission has recently released its proposal for a reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). This document contains SFP's observations on the proposal.

A study funded by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and undertaken by Stirling Aquaculture, prepared by David Scott

The origin of fishmeal is a major challenge to the sustainability of aquaculture because the fisheries used for creating feeds may be poorly managed and damaging to the marine environment.  This document accompanies the instructional video created for retailers regarding shrimp feed.

A Procurement Guide for Gulf of California Shrimp Fishery Buyers and Importers

A brief overview of Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

What are the stages of a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP)?  

What would a CITES Appendix I or Appendix II listing mean to the Global Seafood Industry?
 

SFP position statement on Mediterranean bluefin tuna.

SFP Recommends Backup Plan for Mediterranean tuna now that a CITES 1 Listing has Failed

Intra-Industry Warranty to Eliminate IUU on Mediterranean bluefin tuna

This briefing describes the current scoring for the main reduction fisheries worldwide by the assessment methodology known as FishSource (www.fishsource.org) which has been devised by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership. The scoring does not currently cover data poor ‘trash fish’ fisheries in Asia even though they account for very large catches (perhaps in total as large as Peruvian Anchovy) and supply significant amounts of fishmeal to aquaculture.

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SFP Update March 2010 (PDF)

The issue of ‘sustainable seafood’ has been important for the seafood supply chain for several years but the emphasis has been on obtaining fish directly for human consumption from sustainable sources. In recent years aquaculture has hugely increased in importance in terms of supplying seafood but questions around the sustainability of such products have tended to focus on local environmental impacts and human health.

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Effectiveness of the Catch Documentation Program for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and Alternative Measures for Promoting Sustainable and Legal Bluefin Tuna Supplies

SFP Update: March 2009 (pdf)

In this Issue

• "You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure"
• CEO Update
• FIP Update - RFE Salmon, RFE Pollock, Gulf of Mexico Shrimp, Argentine Hake, Peruvian Hake, Mexico Blue Crab
• What is IUU?
• New SFP Staff
• Program Update - Aquaculture
• SFP Announcements

November 2008 SFP Update (PDF)

SFP Update: February 2008 (PDF)

In This Issue:

• McDonald's and Sustainability
• CEO Update
• FishSource
• AIP
• FIP Update - Eastern Baltic cod, GOM shrimp, GOC shrimp, Indonesia blue swimming crab
• SFP Announcements