The Conservation Alliance Updates its Guidelines for Seafood Sustainability
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] By Peggy Parker - March 8, 2016
Seafood sustainability programs are going beyond simple management and ecosystem impacts to enbrace social and economic justice issues, much as other industries, notably the garment and contruction sectors, have in recent years.
Providing retailers and foodservice operators with a step-by-step framework for avoiding seafood that has been caught or processed with slave labor, exploited children, or violated other ethical standards, is included in the updated "Common Vision for Sustainable Seafood", released yesterday by The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. The group is a coalition of 16 environmental NGOs, including the David Suzuki Foundation, OceanWise, World Wildlife Fund, New England Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, FishChoice, FishWise, Shedd Aquarium, Environmental Defense Fund and others.
"Common Vision" is the group's first update since 2008. Besides addressing next generation issues like human rights...
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