Fishing for the Future: certification program for sustainable fisheries
WBCSD, October 23, 2006
Fish stocks worldwide are in serious decline: 48% are fully exploited, 16% overfished, and 9% depleted, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It is estimated that every year fishing practices kill up to 20 million metric tons of unwanted fish, seabirds, sea turtles, marine mammals and other ocean life. In 1986, Unilever committed to source all its fish from sustainable stocks.
In 1996, Unilever began working with the international conservation organization WWF to help establish an independent certification program for sustainable fisheries – known as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). This same year, the company set itself the target of selling 100% sustainably sourced fish by 2005. In 2001, Unilever sold its first MSC-certified whitefish: New Zealand hoki.
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