Eco-certification still being considered even as U.S. proposes to list loggerhead turtles as "endangered"
Link to article on Suzuki Foundation website
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A blog devoted to eco-certification of wild marine capture fisheries. Are these fisheries truly sustainable? Does eco-certification keep up with the latest stock assessment results? Does the public have an adequate opportunity to contest the eco-certification decisions?
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Marine fish resources are public property. You own the fish off your shore wherever you live. The fisheries need to be managed for your long-term good in keeping with the laws of your country and international conventions.
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Suggest fisheries to discuss. Suggest case studies to examine more closely. How sustainable are MSC certified fisheries really? Comment on case studies already suggested. Have your say!
What does one have to do with the other? The estimated take of loggerhead turtles by the Canadian longline swordfish fishery makes up less than 1% of the total human induced mortality for this species in the North West Atlantic. This fleet has taken many steps to reduce loggerhead interactions and even more steps to reduce the impacts of those interactions. Strangely this is never mentioned by the Suzuki Foundation. Another fact never mentioned is the fact that U.S. fisheries have approximately 149,000 loggerhead turtal interactions annually. I wonder why the U.S. might be looking at up listing the species?
ReplyDeleteThat should have read "turtle" not "turtal", guess I should have read before posting not after!
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