Fisheries committee  I could add a personal experience involved in some of the assessments with the department. I think that in the earlier days we were scrambling, but today, with greater awareness, both in the industry and in the department—

Fisheries committee  The majority of people don't.

Fisheries committee  Good for you, but the majority of people don't read that. They take it for granted that the sticker is there and that the retailer selling the lamp has done his or her job making sure that those rules are met and that they're selling a safe product. I think the sustainability m

Fisheries committee  Not really. The basis of it all is the FAO responsible fishing code, so the MSC standard, the responsible fisheries standard, many of the standards including those which were referred to earlier. The Monterey Bay Aquarium, the New England Aquarium, all use the FAO code of conduct

Fisheries committee  In other areas other than forestry and fisheries? In agriculture, yes; in other sources of food products, yes.

Fisheries committee  To complement what Kevin has said, I think there's been an evolution in the story and what we've learned through this trend. Retailers and the food service sector have been supporting the eco-labelling and eco-certification movement mainly because of the pressures that ENGOs have

Fisheries committee  It's their judgment on a fishery.

Fisheries committee  I've seen reports stating that we're in different places, but definitely in the top 10 around the world out of approximately 70 countries that actually fish around the world.

Fisheries committee  If I may add to that, your comments are actually something I've heard often from various players in the seafood value chain involved in eco-certification. Often it's an issue of striking a balance between stability through the certificate that demonstrates sustainability and havi

Fisheries committee  There's swordfish, flounder—

Fisheries committee  As Kevin pointed out, certification is to provide some evidence of the sustainability of whatever is being certified, in this case, seafood. Tracing is to actually trace the provenance of where that seafood comes from. There's a connection between the two. If your certification i

Fisheries committee  I can only answer the question in the context of one program, the marine stewardship program. They have an accreditation body independent from the Marine Stewardship Council, and it accredits certifying bodies according to a set of rules. There are other certifying organization

Fisheries committee  I'll go back to the first part of the question in terms of the history. When this movement started, not unlike what happened in the forestry sector, really it was markets and consumers. Mostly it was markets around the world requiring some sort of demonstration that the products

Fisheries committee  I think so.

Fisheries committee  Scallops.