REVISITING THE SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
While a business can monitor its own actions , keeping tabs on the actions of suppliers is substantially more difficult — especially if those suppliers are halfway around the world .
than 200 cases involving vessels from 27 countries . As a consequence , sanctions against almost 50 vessels and roughly amounting to 8 million EUR have been imposed by flag and coastal states and both legislative and administrative reforms to improve catch certification and fleet monitoring have been introduced in several third countries .”
The European Commission also uses a yellow card and red card system to flag countries using unethical and illegal fishing practices — recently the commission doled out a yellow card of noncompliance to
Thailand , for the very reasons that landed Costco Wholesale and others in hot water . Similar systems in the United States could reinforce the identification of “ bad actors ” and help businesses build better relationships with sustainable and honest suppliers .
From building international standards to using forensics to better identify fish processed at sea , the U . S . Task Force still has many challenges ahead . But step by step and measure by measure , the seafood aisle could soon be a more honest and open forum for consumers to shop .
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