Editor's View: Setting the Record Straight About America’s Most Sustainable Fishery
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Editor's View] By John Sackton and Peggy Parker - March 4, 2015 -
This Op-Ed appearded in Progressive Grocer today, where we were invited to write about the record of the Bering Sea fishery in light of Greenpeace's campaign to target retailers who carry seafood from the Bering Sea. We reproduce it here for our readers, most of whom already know our thinking on the sustainability of the Bering Sea fisheries. The headline was written by Progressive Grocer.
Virtually all U.S. retailers have taken steps in recent years to articulate seafood-sourcing principles, sometimes via their seafood department, and others as part of an overall corporate responsibility commitment.
Whichever way these policies have been implemented, they have for the most part been positive for the seafood industry. Partnerships between retailers and suppliers have supported fishery improvements around the world, and have provided many examples of how large-scale seafood sales programs can rely on seafood that is sustainably harvested with minimal environmental impacts.
Partnerships between retailers and suppliers have supported fishery improvements around the world, and have provided many examples of how large-scale seafood sales programs can rely on seafood that is sustainably harvested with minimal environmental impacts.
The good practices and reputation of fishery managers in the Bering Sea should not be penalized for being the best and most transparent stewards of this national resource....
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