On the 1st of May 2014, an independent certification committee of Global Trust/SAI Global awarded certification to the Icelandic EEZ Golden Redfish. The 213 page long certification report has been made available online.
Iceland's Fisheries Minister has announced the total allowable catch of most species for the next fishing year which begins on 1 September.
An independent certification committee of Global Trust/SAI Global awarded the certification in accaordance with ISO65 accredited system.
The Iceland Responsible Fisheries Foundation have taken the decision to have further emphasis placed on the Icelandic Responsible Fisheries Management Specification, a document that has until now been used as a guide to the fishery assessments.
The Iceland Responsible Fisheries programme invites buyers of seafood from Iceland and other stakeholders to visit booth number 834 in Hall 6. More than 30 companies from Iceland participate this year. The Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture will visit the show.
The management strategy for Golden redfish (Sebastes marinus) is to maintain the exploitation rate at the rate which is consistent with the precautionary approach and that generates maximum sustainable yield (MSY) in the long term.
More than twenty companies from Iceland are participating at the Seafood Expo and Seafood Processing North America in Boston 16-18 March.
We invite you to meet the Iceland Responsible Fisheries team at the Seafood Processing North America in Boston 16-18 March, stand #673.
Companies that intend to use the certification for marketing purposes need to apply for chain of custody certification and permission to use the certification mark.