Science
1 May 2015 vol 348, issue 6234, pages 473-604
http://www.sciencemag.org/current.dtl

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Secure sustainable seafood from developing countries
Gabriel S. Sampson1, James N. Sanchirico1,2,*, Cathy A. Roheim3, Simon R. Bush4, J. Edward Taylor1, Edward H. Allison5, James L. Anderson6, Natalie C. Ban7, Rod Fujita8, Stacy Jupiter9,
Jono R. Wilson10
Author Affiliations
1University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
2Resources for the Future, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
3University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA.
4Wageningen University, Wageningen 6708 LX, Netherlands.
5University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
6University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
7University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2, Canada.
8Environmental Defense Fund, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.
9Wildlife Conservation Society, Suva, Fiji.
10The Nature Conservancy, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
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Demand for sustainably certified wild-caught fish and crustaceans is increasingly shaping global seafood markets. Retailers such as Walmart in the United States, Sainsbury’s in the United Kingdom, and Carrefour in France, and processors such as Canadian-based High Liner Foods, have promised to source all fresh, frozen, farmed, and wild seafood from sustainable sources by 2015 (1, 2). Credible arbiters of certifications, such as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), require detailed environmental and traceability standards. Although these standards have been met in many commercial fisheries throughout the developed world (3), developing country fisheries (DCFs) represent only 7% of ~220 total MSC-certified fisheries (4, 5). With the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reporting that developing countries account for ~50% of seafood entering international trade, this presents a fundamental challenge for marketers of sustainable seafood