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  • Thank you for joining us for The Tradex Foods "3-Minute Sustainability Recap"

  • A summary of hot news items in sustainabilityfor seafood purchasers and industry.

  • The following information is a rundown of key sustainability news items for the month

  • of October.

  • ------First up, the number of retailers committed to sustainable seafood keeps on growing:

  • Target announced that it will only sell sustainable and traceable seafood by 2015.

  • And the first African retailerPick n Pay –- has made a similar commitment. Pick

  • n Pay is South Africa’s second largest retailer.

  • And finally, the infamous Pike Place Market in Seattle will be dropping their iconic mascot

  • the monkfishalong with other unsustainable species as a part of their new policy to source

  • only sustainable seafood.

  • ------Next upRussia made some headlines in seafood sustainability this month:

  • The World Wildlife Fund - and Fisheries Holding Karat have agreed to develop educational programs

  • on sustainable fisheries.

  • The aim is to increase knowledge amongst fishing crew members and fishing companies of sustainable

  • fisheries and the requirements for environmental certification according to the MSC.

  • And, McDonalds is considering the launch of a Pollock processing factory in Russia. The

  • factory would produce filet-of-fish sandwiches out of Alaska Pollock sourced from MSC-Certified

  • fisheries in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. This is contingent on the Russian fisheries

  • obtaining the MSC eco-label.

  • And in Germany, two supermarket chains have launched campaigns to promote sustainable

  • seafood:

  • Kaufland is supporting traditional tonguesole fishing in Gambia. For every kg of MSC certified

  • fish sold during the 4 week campaign, 50 euro cents will be donated to the African fishery

  • to help improve the situation of fishermen in Gambia who hope to be certified against

  • the MSC standard.

  • And, EDEKA supermarketsis working with MSC on a campaign that features high impact

  • point-of-sale materials to promote MSC products. This is the first joint-MSC in-store supermarket

  • campaign that encourages shoppers to look for the eco-label.

  • ------Next up,

  • The California Academy of Sciences is showcasing Safeway's leadership in seafood sustainability

  • as part of the Academy's "Science in Action" video exhibit. The video highlights innovative

  • ways that researchers, retailers and environmental groups are harvesting seafood without jeopardizing

  • the health of the ecosystems from which it was caught.

  • And, a study conducted by the University of British Columbia found that Peru ranks first

  • in terms of sustainable fisheries. Peru’s program includes individual catch quotas,

  • a GPS ship tracking system and inspectors at every factory.

  • ------And finally, a quick update on the Marine Stewardship Council:

  • Big Y – one of the largest supermarket chains in New England recently obtained MSC Chain

  • of Custody Certification.

  • The Zhangzidao Scallop fishery has become the first Chinese fishery to enter full assessment

  • for MSC certification. The fishery uses diving and dredging methods to produce 60,000 metric

  • of Yesso Scallops each year.

  • And finally, the Fogo Island coldwater Shrimp off the coast of Newfoundland has obtained

  • MSC certification.

  • ------Thank you for joining me for The Tradex Foods

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