Another shrimp farm in Vietnam is undergoing an audit against FoS criteria
12/08/2011Aquaculture plant farming Black Tiger and White Leg shrimp is under assessment to get Friend of the Sea certification
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The yellowfin tuna fishery in FAO area 57 will be audited on the 15th of August
12/08/2011This fishery is based on a deep water short line fishing method and it will be audited by SGS auditors next week
Read moreThe krill fishery in the Antartic Sea has been certified under very restrictive condition
12/08/2011The company under assessment complies with Friend of the Sea criteria but the influence of the fishery on the food web is not fully known so that certification is subject to annual revision according to the latest scientific data available
Read moreDutch Noordzee Vissers Consortium III fleet approved by FoS
27/07/2011riend of the Sea announces the certification of Dover sole (Solea solea), Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), Turbot (Psetta maxima), Brill (Scopthalmus rhombus) and Dab (Limanda limanda) from Noordzee Vissers Consortium III.
Read moreInvitation to the FOS DAY Netherlands 30th September 2011
11/07/2011This event will take place in the PARK PLAZA AMSTERDAM AIRPORT Melbournestraat 1, 1175 RM Lijnden, The Netherlands
Read moreA greek aquaculture plant will undergo a full assessment audit against FoS criteria
07/07/2011A plant farming Sea bream and Sea bass in Greece choice to apply for FoS. The audit will be run at the end of the month.
Read moreAlaskan Salmon Fishery under assessment to obtain FOS approval
05/07/2011In these days the Alaskan salmon fishery is undergoing an audit against FoS standards in order to have its products certified
Read moreDorig Brandl will undergo a new traceability audit
21/06/2011The Swiss importer Dorig & Brandl is trading varius species of aquaculture products which origin from approved plants. This will be checked by SGS auditors in this week.
Read moreA new traceability adit on tuna coming from Spain and processed in Greece
21/06/2011North Aegan Sea Cannaries SA will join FoS project by undergoing a traceability audit to check that all its yellowfin tuna products origin from the FoS approved customers in Spain
Read moreOman Al Marsa artisanal one-hook mixed fishery approved FOS
13/06/2011Different species from Al Marsa Fisheries has been certified Friend of the Sea: Blue line snapper, Catfish, Crimson Jobfish, Greater amberjack, Indian oil sardine, Kawakawa, King soldier bream, Tiger-toothed croaker, Soldier bream, Striped bonito, Santer
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