Fish stocks online
A new internet portal for sustainable fish retail
In the media one can find a lot of diverse information on the condition of fish stocks. Can a fish dealer offer cod from the North Sea with a clear conscience? What about the state of the herring in the Baltic Sea?
The website 'Fischbestände online' (fish stocks online) is a project initiated by the „Round Table Sustainable Fishing“ and financed by the German fish processing industry and retailers. Its objective is the development and maintenance of an internet portal with up-to-date descriptions of the state of wild marine fish stocks which are relevant for the German market. The website aims at providing scientifically correct information, brief and understandable, primarily to the retail and processing sector. Along with a new system of labeling the origin of fish products, this will allow them to develop individual trading policies, to prefer fish from sustainable sources.
By 2012, information will be provided for 130 wild marine fish stocks belonging to 30 species worldwide. Source of information are amongst others the reports of international organizations such as ICES. The vTI will continuously update and extend the supplied information over the course of the next years.