Thursday, May 5, 2011

SPF assesses fishmeal and fish oil fisheries

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has published a sustainability league table of the principal South American and Atlantic fisheries used for the production of fishmeal and fish oil. The league table follows on from the 2010 table published last year. SFP will publish an annual table from now on to track changes in these fisheries.

The 25 fisheries have been assessed using the FishSource methodology devised by SFP which allows basic comparisons to be made against existing fishery sustainability indicators. Some of the main findings from the league table include:1.2 percent of the catch comes from fisheries that score more than eight across all FishSource criteria (category A). The target stocks for these fisheries are in excellent condition. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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