Sustainable Seafood Coalition Major seafood businesses who are frustrated with the lack of progress to overturn the practice of discarding edible fish at sea have joined our Sustainable Seafood Coalition. Sustainable Seafood Coalition members have voluntarily decided to sell seafood that is currently underutilised or discarded and to encourage consumers to eat a wider variety of sustainable seafood. Minutes from the SSC meetings are available on demand. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ClientEarth Marine Scientist Melissa Pritchard talks about the Sustainable Seafood Coalition. Our vision... That all fish and seafood sold in the UK be from sustainable sources. Our Aims: 1. To promote sustainable fish and seafood consumption. 2. To encourage UK consumers to eat a wider variety of sustainable seafood, and to introduce species to our stores and restaurants that are currently underutilised or discarded. 3. To develop minimum standards for sustainable seafood sourcing policies and decision trees. 4. To support the sustainable use of unwanted discarded species’ trimmings and offal in the manufacture of fishmeal. 5. To use harmonised seafood labelling based on agreed standards in order to provide consumers with accurate information on sustainability. 6. To require fishers, where possible, to collect catch and discard information for the fish and shellfish sourced by Coalition members and pass this information to government authorities for use in scientific assessments. 7. To adhere to a new voluntary industry code of conduct agreed by the Coalition until sufficient management measures and labelling rules are in place. 8. To influence changes in policy at UK, EU and international level. 9. To build national and global alliances. 10. To inform the public debate on seafood. For more information about the Sustainable Seafood Coalition, read our launch press release here Coalition members... |
