Expert Panel on Recommendations for a Global Framework to Ensure the Legali...
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An international panel of experts from leading seafood businesses, environmental ngos, and food science Institutes have issued eight recommendations for securing seafood supply chains against the products of illegal fishing. The Panelists will present their findings and answer questions during this international webinar.
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The Expert Panel on Legal and Traceable Wild Fish Products is a multi-
disciplinary expert group convened to promote a global framework for ensur-
ing the legality and traceability of all wild-caught fish products. Organized by
WWF and facilitated by Resolve, Inc., the Panel was established in early 2013 to
identify complementary regulatory and private-sector mechanisms for over-
coming common obstacles to establishing such a framework.
The Panel began with a shared vision of a desired outcome:
We seek a world in which all fishers, processors, traders, retailers, and consum-
ers of wild-caught fish can be reliably assured that all fish products are legal and
fully traceable. We envision a global framework—based on an appropriate com-
bination of private-sector and governmental mechanisms—that ensures the legal
provenance and “boat-to-plate” traceability of fish products, thereby reducing
incentives for illegal fishing while promoting socially, economically, and environ-
mentally sustainable fisheries.
The Panel consists of the eight following experts who participated with the
support of their respective institutions.
• Tejas Bhatt, Institute of Food Technologists
• Francisco Blaha, independent consultant
• Mariah Boyle, FishWise
• Bill DiMento, High Liner Foods
• Michele Kuruc, WWF
• Hans-Jürgen Matern, Metro Group
• Petter Olsen, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and
Aquaculture Research (Nofima)
• Steve Trent, Environmental Justice Foundation
