CEOs of world’s leading seafood companies commit to science-based goals for a healthy ocean
Story highlights
- Ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have agreed to a number of goals to by the end of 2021
- The goals are the result of four years of dialogues through the science-industry initiative Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS)
- SeaBOS is a unique collaboration between scientists and seafood companies across the wild capture, aquaculture and feed production sectors
Commitments the result of unique science-business collaboration initiated by the centre For the first time in the history of seafood production, ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have committed to a set of time-bound and measurable goals that will ensure the industry becomes more sustainable.
The goals are the result of four years of dialogues through the science-industry initiative Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS).
Commitments by 2021 During the October 2020 dialogue the companies agreed a number of goals to achieve their original commitments from 2016.
By the end of 2021, the SeaBOS members will:
Eliminate IUU fishing and forced, bonded and child labour in our operations and implement measures to address those issues in their supply chains with public reporting on progress in 2022 and 2025 Extend the collaboration with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative to solve the problem of lost and abandoned fishing gear; and combine to clean up plastics pollution from our coasts and waterways Agree on a strategy for reducing impacts on endangered species and the use of antibiotics Set CO2 emissions reduction goals and reporting approaches from each company These goals will guide SeaBOS activities over the coming years, and are accompanied by toolkits for action.
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