Nestle, Gorton’s, The Fishin’ Co. and Albion Fisheries on Tuesday announced they joined High Liner in supporting the Wild Salmon Center’s Salmon (WSC) Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Partnership.
The project, launched last year, aims to have 75 percent of the Pacific’s wild salmon certified as sustainable by third-party groups or in credible FIPs by 2016.
According to WSC, the partnership has inspired fisheries accounting for more than 37,000 metric tons of salmon to enter Marine Stewardship Council assessments and/or credible FIPs. WSC has also helped fishing communities is Russia and Japan conduct research, test on-the-water solutions and make the management changes needed to become sustainable.
This week WSC also launched the first-ever FIP tracker, a website that allows buyers and conservation advocates to verify fisheries’ improvement claims and track the progress of individual fisheries.
“We’re thrilled to see more of the industry joining us,” said Bill DiMento, High Liner corporate director of sustainability. “The Salmon FIP Partnership helps us reach our corporate responsibility goals, but more than that, it’s absolutely the right thing to do. It puts us in touch with what’s happening on the group and helps us use our buying power to leverage real change.”
