Barcelona: The largest shrimp company in the world, Thai Union Group, has been the first to ratify the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s pledge to protect ocean animals.
Finding fisheries with the highest risk of endangered, threatened, and protected ( ETP ) bycatch and lowering those risks through widespread adoption of best practices, 100 % observer coverage, support for innovation and science, ongoing supply chain improvement, as well as public reporting are some of the new commitments.
” We are pleased to be the first business to sign the pledge, and we kindly request that other seafood businesses do the same.” We will only achieve the outcomes and overall objectives in protecting and restoring our endangered marine life through the attempts of leaders in our economy, according to Adam Brennan, class producer of ecology at Thai Union.
Thai Union vowed in March 2023 to just source seafood from ships adhering to best practices for preventing bycatch of marine life.
This commitment was based on an analysis of Thai Union’s tuna fishery improvement projects as well as research by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership( SFP ) on the dangers to sharks, sea birds, turtles and other marine wildlife in the fisheries that supply the company. You can read the assessment of Thai Union online.
The movement is being started by Thai Union, which is good, but the industry as a whole won’t be able to reduce fishery in commercial fisheries until it does, according to Kathryn Novak, SFP’s biodiversity and nature director.
” We extend an invitation to many businesses to sign the toast.” In fact, we’re aiming to sign up 10 more businesses by June’s World Oceans Day.
The” bycatch audit” by the Thai Union was carried out as part of the SFP’s Protecting Ocean Wildlife initiative, an international, business-driven initiative to address marine wildlife bycutt.
SFP encourages shellfish producers to find out more about minimizing sea overfishing. SFP, a marine conservation organization, was established in 2006 with the goal of transforming the shrimp industry into something more lasting.