SFP Moving Away From Certifications Towards a Full Disclosure Campaign for Major Seafood Buyers
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton September 5, 2017
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, SFP, appears to be moving in a new direction. SFP and its founder Jim Cannon based the organization on providing oversight and purchasing advice to major seafood buyers, starting with McDonald’s, and expanding to cover a wide range of major foodservice and seafood retailers, including Walmart’s ASDA in the UK, and also major seafood suppliers like Aquastar and High Liner Foods.
As part of this relationship, SFP faced the issue of what to do about fisheries that were not certified by MSC, but which were still vital to corporate purchasers. They introduced the concept of FIPs..
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