The Stockholm Resilience Centre has shared a set of new commitments by the top 10 seafood companies, facilitated by the science-industry initiative Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS). READ MORE
Highlight: 2021 Commitments
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
Decent Work
Notably, the Addressing IUU and forced labour task force made several interesting propositions for voluntary measures, including:
Uploading crew lists, ID documents, photos, contracts, etc. to blockchain (MSC is also touting blockchain recently as key for helping with financial transparency in the context of corruption)
RFMO authorization for transshipment if it needs to take place
Avoiding brokers/labor agents, or using principle of ‘employer pays’ directly rather than to agency