Sustainable seafood continues to be among the highest priorities for High Liner Foods as we look to feed a growing world population now and in the future. We are approaching our goal of delivering 100% responsibly sourced products and continuously updating our activities in this area to ensure we protect a supply of healthy protein and our environment through leadership and best practices, diversification of our supply chain, innovation, and collaboration with industry partners.
Defining Responsibly Sourced Seafood
The strict criteria we use to define responsibly sourced wild-caught and farmed seafood is based on various certification schemes approved by respected NGOs and industry experts to ensure that seafood is wild-caught or farmed using methods that minimize the impact on species, stock and the environment.
Our wild-caught seafood is:
- Legally caught, secure from poaching and protected from overfishing;
- Suppliers must demonstrate that they minimize damage to fish habitats and use effective strategies to avoid bycatch;
- MSC certified or from suppliers undergoing full MSC assessment;
- Recognized by the GSSI benchmark;
- From credible, publicly documented Fishery Improvement Projects; or
- OceanWise™ recommended or rated Best Choice or Good Alternative by Seafood Watch™.
Our farmed seafood (aquaculture) is:
- Disclosed through the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s Ocean Disclosure Project;
- Recognized by the GSSI benchmark;
- Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified or from suppliers undergoing full ASC assessment;
- Global Seafood Alliance Best Aquaculture Practices certified (1–4 stars);
- From credible, publicly documented Aquaculture Improvement Projects; or
- OceanWise™ recommended or rated Best Choice or Good Alternative by Seafood Watch™.
2022 seafood sold by weight:
77%
was wild-caught
23%
was farmed