Saving Seafood

Seventh and last installment of the Seafood Metrics Report series released

October 18, 2022 –The seventh and last installment of the Seafood Metrics Report series, “Progress Toward Sustainable Seafood – By the Numbers” has been released.

The report follows six other metric reports published in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2020, and the latest edition of the report examines global seafood community trends and progress as well as recent key data insights, emergent trends, and best practices – with an additional section on climate and social responsibility. CEA Consulting officially authored the report, which was jointly commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

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More FIPs impacting sustainable fisheries for the better, new report finds

March 25, 2020 — The seafood industry continues to show its commitment to improving the sustainability of fisheries worldwide, as evidenced by a new report from environmental research and advisory firm CEA Consulting.

In 2019, 136 fishery improvement projects (FIPs) existed worldwide, a 64 percent increase over 2014’s tally of 83, according to CEA Consulting’s “2020 Global Landscape Review of FIPs” report. What’s more, seafood businesses are now increasingly leading the charge where FIPs are concerned, filling the spots that NGOs once did. Currently, seafood businesses are guiding the implementation of 70 FIPS, up from 49 in 2015, while NGOs are assuming more technical support and advisory roles in the space, the report found.

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