URGENT CALL FOR ACTION-Despite a six-year long initiative to modernize our food system, the @CFIA_Food has yet to bring our seafood labelling laws into the 21st century. Tell them that their regulations miss the mark. https://t.co/hFxOZoilEu
Market drivers, modern-day slavery and making sure eco-certifications deliver – check out our latest news piece for the hot topics discussed at the 2019 SeaWeb Summit in Thailand. https://t.co/pXAXUk3iqR
The Year 2 results for #SeafoodProgress are in! Go to https://t.co/QNgfPYHycE to see what your retailer is doing to support sustainable seafood. Not sure how it works? This short video will walk you through it https://t.co/nMvDk6MFih
Today #SeafoodProgress released the updated profiles for Canada’s largest food retailers, showing what they have done in the past year to support sustainable seafood. Click through to see what progress your retailer has made. https://t.co/38hTWasCz3
Paul Rice, CEO of Fair Trade USA: "Consumers these days expect companies to do the right thing, and to prove it". In Canada, ppl can use https://t.co/L6w7iD35d7 to see what their retailer is doing on seafood and how transparent they are about their practices #swss19@SeaChoice
Trevyr Lester, Sr Buying Manager at Walmart US, highlights that social responsibility is everyone’s responsibility, through the supply chain. Pre-competitive collaboration is becoming the norm and space is opening up to have tough conversations #swss19@SeaChoice
Great article from @hakaimagazine about the importance of informing consumers about seafood production, labelling, traceability and eco-labels. See Step 6 of https://t.co/qKGecBUOyu for the actions major Canadian retailers are taking (or not taking) to improve shrimp production.
#ICYMI, yesterday was #HumanRightsDay. As this @ejfoundation exposé shows, the fight to prevent human rights abuses at sea (and illegal killing of marine animals) continues https://t.co/54G4OTiUOH. Visit https://t.co/qKGecBUOyu to see what retailers are doing to stop these abuses
SeaChoice is among 28 environmental groups and seafood companies calling on @cathmckenna to ensure precautionary and transparent regulation, as well as full labelling of genetically modified (GM) fish. Read the press release here. https://t.co/3F2THwV9Tv
Did you find this video perplexing? Mixing craft beers and marking it generically as "beer" is analogous to how we sell Canadian seafood today when proper labelling and traceability are absent. #JoinTheShift. Tell your retailer to improve their practices https://t.co/IJFYaaDOgP
Happy #WorldFisheriesDay! Atlantic Swordfish are one of our fished Priority Species. Did you know Swordfish are among the fastest swimmers, reaching top speeds of 97km/h!? Learn more about known challenges and solutions wrt swordfish fisheries here https://t.co/f5SVzLIZPQ
Great opinion piece from @MSCecolabel: How the other half fish - getting serious about overfishing in the 'global south'. Find out what Canadian retailers are doing to help w/ seafood sustainability @ https://t.co/QNgfPYpWO4 https://t.co/l7Sdq3ybMn
#DYK that the illegal trade of glass eels is Europe’s largest wildlife crime?
During 2016-2017, 48 persons were arrested & 4.000 kg of live glass eels worth EUR 4 million seized; @Europol & the EU are doing more to fight wildlife trafficking: https://t.co/J4gMkANa9W
When our children and grandchildren and those of us still here in 20 years look back to this time, will we say it was when the world finally got serious about the climate crisis? This week's #ScienceMatters is a must-read. https://t.co/5nnywluAD7
#JoinTheShift toward sustainable, traceable and well-labelled seafood! Ask Canadian retailers to source local, sustainable and traceable seafood, and improve their labelling practices. Take action here https://t.co/9OYmWX7S0G @DavidSuzukiFDN @living_oceans @EAC_Marine
In the UK farmed Salmon is the number 1 selling seafood by value and number two by volume. Recent report discovers that ASC eco-certified #salmonfarms are not meeting all sustainability requirements. Learn more: https://t.co/4d2td8DefJ #aquaculture#sustainableseafood