Sustainable seafood certifications are inadequate to challenges of ecosystem change
The recent Marine Stewardship Council certification for the Russian Barents Red King Crab demonstrates the consequences of overlooking ecological factors in seafood sustainability assessments. The crab is commercially valuable but has uncertain invasive effects for the ecosystem. Russian authorities...
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ftsydanskunivpub:oai:sdu.dk:publications/b99af459-d6f4-431a-b658-64d3e3defbc3 2024-05-19T07:47:47+00:00 Sustainable seafood certifications are inadequate to challenges of ecosystem change Kourantidou , Melina Kaiser, Brooks 2019-07-01 https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/b99af459-d6f4-431a-b658-64d3e3defbc3 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy198 eng eng https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/b99af459-d6f4-431a-b658-64d3e3defbc3 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Kourantidou , M & Kaiser , B 2019 , ' Sustainable seafood certifications are inadequate to challenges of ecosystem change ' , ICES Journal of Marine Science , vol. 76 , no. 4 , pp. 794-802 . https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy198 commercial invasive species fisheries red king crab sustainability certification article 2019 ftsydanskunivpub https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy198 2024-05-01T00:26:29Z The recent Marine Stewardship Council certification for the Russian Barents Red King Crab demonstrates the consequences of overlooking ecological factors in seafood sustainability assessments. The crab is commercially valuable but has uncertain invasive effects for the ecosystem. Russian authorities manage it as a long-term fishery and openly accept the co-incidental risks that come along with the invasion. The Russian crab fishery is monopolized and there is limited transparency on both quota acquisition and decision-making regarding its management. Including ecological and socio-political dimensions expands the sustainability definition to more closely match general consumer perceptions of what certified sustainability represents. The focus of widely trusted certification processes on fishery practices masks important sustainability considerations from end consumers and may distort their choices. Article in Journal/Newspaper Red king crab University of Southern Denmark Research Portal ICES Journal of Marine Science 76 4 794 802 |
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The recent Marine Stewardship Council certification for the Russian Barents Red King Crab demonstrates the consequences of overlooking ecological factors in seafood sustainability assessments. The crab is commercially valuable but has uncertain invasive effects for the ecosystem. Russian authorities manage it as a long-term fishery and openly accept the co-incidental risks that come along with the invasion. The Russian crab fishery is monopolized and there is limited transparency on both quota acquisition and decision-making regarding its management. Including ecological and socio-political dimensions expands the sustainability definition to more closely match general consumer perceptions of what certified sustainability represents. The focus of widely trusted certification processes on fishery practices masks important sustainability considerations from end consumers and may distort their choices. |
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Sustainable seafood certifications are inadequate to challenges of ecosystem change |
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Kourantidou , M & Kaiser , B 2019 , ' Sustainable seafood certifications are inadequate to challenges of ecosystem change ' , ICES Journal of Marine Science , vol. 76 , no. 4 , pp. 794-802 . https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy198 |
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