Bon Appetit to stop selling skipjack tuna caught using fish aggregating devices
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] July 30, 2014
Bon Appétit Management Company will ban the use of skipjack tuna caught using fish aggregating devices in its supply chain starting in 2015.
Currently 233,000 pounds, or 91.5% of all processed tuna the company buys is skipjack. The agreement will compel suppliers to ensure all tuna provided to Bon Appétit will be caught without the use of FADs.
Suppliers have committed that every tuna shipment destined for Bon Appétit will be accompanied by a signed statement from the boat captain including date caught, location, and a commitment that no fish aggregating device was used...
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