Promoting diversity and inclusiveness in seafood certification and ecolabelling: Prospects for Asia
2017
Abstract Building on the inputs by a range of experts who participated in the February 2017 international symposium on “Designing the Future for
Fisheries
CertificationSchemes” at the University of Tokyo, this manuscript traces the origins of
fisheries
certificationschemes, relevant developments, and remaining challenges from an Asian perspective. Over the past 20 years, seafood
certificationhas emerged as a powerful tool for meeting growing demands for
sustainable fisheriesand aquaculture products. Despite broad consensus among countries regarding what constitute responsible fishing practices, the
fisheries
certificationlandscape remains uneven. A plethora of
certificationschemes has generated confusion among consumers and retailers, and
capital-intensive
certificationschemes may be out-of-reach or impractical for some small-scale
fisheries, particularly within the developing world. A recent initiative by the Global
Sustainable SeafoodInitiative (GSSI) is aiming to address the diversity within the
certificationlandscape by creating a tool to benchmark
certificationschemes that are in line with the FAO
Codeof
Conductfor Responsible
Fisheriesand other relevant agreed FAO guidelines on
fisheries,
ecolabellingand aquaculture. Countries in Asia are among the world's top consumers and exporters of seafood, yet have faced some particular challenges with regard to seafood
certification, underscoring the need for
certificationschemes that account for regional and local conditions and management practices, particularly with regard to small-scale
fisheries.
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