The Common Vision outlines realistic steps companies can take to develop and implement a comprehensive, corporate policy on sustainable, wild-caught and farmed seafood.
“The Common Vision provides businesses that buy and sell seafood with a clear path for moving ahead with sustainable seafood purchasing”, said Anna Magera at Ecology Action Centre.
“In the past, we’ve heard from companies that there is too much competing information about environmentally responsible seafood”, said Jennifer Lash from the Living Oceans Society. “Seafood buyers and suppliers now have consistent input from a broad range of conservation groups about how to move forward.”
The Common Vision identifies six critical areas where companies can take action to ensure a sustainable seafood supply and protect ocean environments:
Making a commitment to develop and implement a comprehensive, corporate
policy on sustainable seafood;
Collecting data to assess and monitor the environmental sustainability of their
seafood products;
Buying environmentally responsible seafood;
Making information regarding their seafood products publicly available;
Educating their consumers, suppliers, employees and other key stakeholders about environmentally responsible seafood; and
Engaging in and supporting policy and management changes that lead to positive environmental outcomes in fisheries and aquaculture.
“The SeaChoice groups are committed to working collaboratively with the seafood industry, particularly large retailers that market seafood, to find ways ensuring sustainable seafood is standard fare in the marketplace”, said Bill Wareham of the David Suzuki Foundation.
For more information on SeaChoice or to download a copy of Canada’s Business Guide to Sustainable Seafood, please visit www.seachoice.org. For more information about the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions and the “Common Vision for Environmentally Sustainable Seafood,” visit www.solutionsforseafood.org.
Contacts
| Jennifer Lash Executive Director Living Oceans Society Tel: 250.973.6580 |
Bill Wareham Senior Conservation Specialist David Suzuki Foundation Tel: 604.740.4318 |
| Colin Campbell Marine Campaign Coordinator Sierra Club BC Tel: 250.386-5255 ext. 236 |
Anna Magera Sustainable Seafood Coordinator Ecology Action Centre Tel: 902.442.0999 |
| Sabine Jessen Conservation Director, National Director of Oceans and Freshwater Lakes Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Tel: 604.685.7445 |
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