SEAFOOD Ecolabelling Principles and Practice
Edited by Trevor Ward and Bruce Phillips
In recent years there have been some major developments and agreatly increased recognition of the importance of more sustainableand environmentally-friendly fishing and fish-farming methods.Various types of seafood eco-endorsements have been introduced, andthese initiatives have now blossomed into an extensive range oftypes of product endorsement labels and systems.
This volume comprehensively reviews the current eco-endorsementsystems for seafood products, described in four main sections withcontributions by leading experts from around the globe:
* A full description of the background and history ofecolabels, ratings, guides and choice systems
* Seafood evaluation and certification, including issues ofquality, costs and benefits
* Highly significant case studies in the use of ecolabels,including details of programs undertaken with species such asPollock, Baja Red Spiny Lobster, and Patagonian Toothfish
* The future of sustainable seafood
Seafood Ecolabelling is an essential purchase for all thoseinvolved in fisheries and aquaculture management and productcertification and ecolabelling throughout the world. Professionalsincluding fishery scientists and managers, fish farm managers,marine biologists, environmental biologists, conservationbiologists, ecologists, natural resource managers, civil societyand sustainability governance practitioners, and resource andenvironmental economists will find this book to be extremelyvaluable. Professionals involved in the seafood trade, includingthose in production, packaging, reselling and seafood productlabelling, will find a great deal of commercial interest withinthis book. Libraries in all universities and researchestablishments where biological sciences, food science andfisheries are studied and taught should have copies of thisimportant book on their shelves.
Also available from Wiley-Blackwell
Eco-labelling in Fisheries
Edited by B. Phillips et al.
9780632064229
Environmental Best Practices for Aquaculture
Edited by C. Tucker & J. Hargreaves
9780813820279
Advances in Fisheries Science
Edited by A. Payne et al.
9781405170833
Fisheries Management and Ecology
Journal published bi-monthly
Print 0969-997X, Online 1385-2400