Menhaden Fisheries Certification Agencies
Thes agencies have been paid by the reduction industry to certify their fisheries and practices as sustainable. Despite volumes of conflicting data and communications from numerous organizations and scientists, these agencies refuse to include the exclusive targeting of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia coastal waters and Mississippi River Delta coastal waters in their modeling. They only consider the entire >335,000 square mile Atlantic Coast zone, and the >273,000 Gulf Coast zone in their decision-making process. Go to the Atlantic Coast Issue or Gulf Coast Issue tabs on our website to learn more about this problem.
Please feel free to let them know how you feel about their due diligence.
Please feel free to let them know how you feel about their due diligence.
Marine Stewardship Council
This agency is paid directly by the reduction and seafood fishing industries to certify their fisheries as sustainable. They do not act as an independent entity responsible to government oversight.
Read this article from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership for an overview of the question, "Is the fox guarding the hen house?": https://www.trcp.org/2019/05/16/attack-menhaden-industry-unites-conservation-community/
Menhaden U.S. Atlantic Coast Certification
https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/omega-protein-corporation-u.s.-atlantic-menhaden-purse-seine/@@view
Menhaden U.S. Gulf Coast Certification
https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/u.s.-gulf-of-mexico-menhaden-purse-seine/@@view
Contact us form - https://www.msc.org/about-the-msc/contact-us
Email of Certifier - Global Trust Certification – Client Services [email protected]
Submit a complaint - https://www.msc.org/complaints
This agency is paid directly by the reduction and seafood fishing industries to certify their fisheries as sustainable. They do not act as an independent entity responsible to government oversight.
Read this article from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership for an overview of the question, "Is the fox guarding the hen house?": https://www.trcp.org/2019/05/16/attack-menhaden-industry-unites-conservation-community/
Menhaden U.S. Atlantic Coast Certification
https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/omega-protein-corporation-u.s.-atlantic-menhaden-purse-seine/@@view
Menhaden U.S. Gulf Coast Certification
https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/u.s.-gulf-of-mexico-menhaden-purse-seine/@@view
Contact us form - https://www.msc.org/about-the-msc/contact-us
Email of Certifier - Global Trust Certification – Client Services [email protected]
Submit a complaint - https://www.msc.org/complaints
Best Aquaculture Practices
This agency is paid directly by the reduction and seafood fishing industries to certify their aquaculture practices as sustainable. They do not act as an independent entity responsible to government oversight. They certify industrial salmon farms feed mill operations as sustainable without proper due diligence as to the source of the fish meal products. They blindly depend on the paid certification of the Marine Stewardship Council as their guide, stating any responsibility for its validity is out of their hands.
https://www.bapcertification.org/
Contact page - https://www.bapcertification.org/Contact
Email contact - [email protected]
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/bestaquaculturepractices/