Labelling and Traceability

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 553 - Private standards and related certification schemes are becoming significant features of international fish trade and marketing.  [Continue]

The aim of this publication is to help potential and present exporters to understand, on one side, the basics of "necessary" market access certifications and, on the other, some key aspects of the "desirable" ones. [Continue]

Two presentation given by José Fernández-Polanco, PhD, Dept. Administración de Empresas, Universidad de Cantabria during L’ÉCO-ÉTIQUETAGE ET LA DURABILITÉ DES RESSOURCES HALIEUTIQUES AU MAROC  [Continue]

A partir del 1º de enero del 2010, el acceso al mercado de la Unión Europea, estará condicionado a la presentación por parte de los importadores, de dos tipos distintos de certificados. Al ya tradicional documento de carácter sanitario, se suma otro muy vinculado con el ordenamiento, y sobre todo las garantías de pesca legítima. El presente artículo muestra un cuadro comparativo entre ambas exigencias.  [Continue]

A Code prepared by the FAO of the UN for a Responsible development of Aquaculture and against the overexploitation of Fisheries resources [Continue]

The Round Table on Eco-labelling and Certification in the Fisheries Sector was jointly organised by the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and the OECD Committee for Fisheries.  [Continue]

Various NGOs are promoting eco/bio-labels. Some of them have a long standing tradition in other food items, others are concentrating on fish products only. A trend which just started a few months ago, is becoming more and more important at the moment, this is governments guaranteeing the quality of aquaculture products or the sustainability of the resources fished. More of this will come in the near future. [Continue]