Saturday, November 9, 2013

Chilean Sea Bass Advancing along Sea Port’s
 Go Blue! Seafood Sustainability Spectrum

Sea Port conducted a sustainability assessment for the two species eleginoides and mawsoni of the genus Dissostichus that we market as Chilean Sea Bass.  We did this in order to reveal the existing and potential environmental impacts and risks that were associated with producing this luxury seafood.  This allowed us to establish its starting position along our progressive Go Blue! Seafood Sustainability Spectrum (see needle on spectrum above).  This assessment was only a single snapshot in time, therefore, we are continuously reassessing all the sustainability determinants and moving the needle along the spectrum as needed to reflect both the positive and negative developments for this fishery.

Sea Port is announcing that Chilean Sea Bass has advanced along our Go Blue! Seafood Sustainability Spectrum towards becoming more sustainable.

Rationale for this decision:

Today over 80% of total global allowable catch for Chilean Sea Bass in the Southern Ocean and
  surrounding area is managed to prevent IUU fishing (illegal, unreported, unregulated) and overfishing
  through the co-operative efforts of CCAMLR, COLTO,  governments, and NGOs.

Roughly, 2/3rds of the global Chilean Sea Bass catches have achieved Marine Stewardship Council
  certification (MSC) and are currently rated as “Best Choice” or “Good Alternative” by the Monterey
  Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program.

Sea Port’s opinion is that the global Chilean Sea Bass fishery can currently serve as a model for how governments, fishers, NGOs, the foodservice industry and consumers can all co-operate to drive sustainability improvements in a once troubled and controversial fishery.

To celebrate the dramatic improvements in the Chilean Sea Bass fishery, the needle will be moved along our Chilean Sea Bass Go Blue! Seafood Sustainability Spectrum.

Please feel free to leave your comments..........................................Sincerely, Dave