Irish Troll Fishery for Albacore Tuna approved Friend of the Sea
28/10/2008Labelled products out on the shelves. Friend of the Sea leads sustainable tuna certification.
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The Sustainable Seafood Movement is an initiative born as a result of overexploited and destroyed marine ecosystems throughout the world. Awareness campaigns are vital and should focus on educating people and encouraging them to purchase sustainable seafood products that consider the conservation of marine species.
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Barents Sea Norwegian Shrimp fleet gets FoS recognition for State of the Art Conservation Measures
23/09/2008UK and Europe main northern shrimp supplier - Norway Prawns - to display the international ecolabel on the shelves
Read moreSuper Friend of the Sea Farmed Cod
17/09/2008Leroy Super Fresh farmed Cod from Nærøysund certified sustainable
Read moreSquid and cuttlefish from Vietnamese basket-shaped small boats certified FoS
03/09/2008The scheme follows FAO Guidelines to promote artisanal lower impact fisheries and their products on international markets
Read moreWild-caught shrimps from Madagascar certified Friend of the Sea
21/08/2008French market leader Gel-Pêche obtains product certification for sustainable fishery origin
Read moreFoS certified tropical shrimps available on the German and European market
30/07/2008Market Leader Ristic AG and its Costa Rica processor Rainbow Export Processing S.A. obtain the international sustainability certification
Read moreClean Seas farmed Kingfish and Mulloway get FoS recognition as the certification scheme expands to Australia.
10/07/2008Two commercially important species - Kingfish (Seriola lalandi) and Mulloway (Argyrosomus hololepidotus) - have been recently added to the widening Friend of the Sea sustainable seafood range.
Read moreFoS refuses to certify as sustainable the Namibian and South African Hake Trawl fisheries.
07/07/2008Overexploitation, seabed impact and by-catch of red-listed sharks and skates, make the fisheries not compliant with Friend of the Sea sustainability standards.
Read moreEuropean leader in Caviar production from Farmed Sturgeon is certified FoS
16/06/2008Agroittica Lombarda obtains recognition for its environmentally sustainable production ...
Read moreFoS Award 2008 to Sustainable Tuna Champions, at Infofish Conference
29/05/2008Hagen Stehr of Clean Seas and Vito Gulli of Generale Conserve win the first edition of the sustainable seafood award
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