Marine Eco-Label Japan Certifies Two More Fisheries

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Marine Eco-Label Japan (MEL Japan) certified two new fisheries -- the sakura shrimp two-boat trawl fishery based in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Jusanko freshwater clam fishery in Aomori Prefecture -- for their fishery production (Fishery Certification) and distribution and processing (Chain of Custody Certification) on May 21, 2009.

Obtaining these two certifications allows a fishery to display the Marine Eco-Label logo. Three fisheries are now certified by MEL Japan including the two new ones.

MEL Japan was established in December 2007 as a system to support fisheries that work to conserve marine resources and the oceans. The objective is to foster and advance fisheries that actively address protection of marine resources and ecosystems by certifying such fisheries and differentiating their products from others with the Marine Eco-Label.

This first marine eco-label system in Japan conforms to the "Guidelines for the Ecolabeling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries," which was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in March 2005, and takes the history of Japanese fisheries production and resource management activities into consideration.

'Marine Ecolabel Japan' to Start in 2008 (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/pages/026893.html
Marine Eco-Label Japan (MEL Japan) official website
http://www.melj.jp/

Posted: 2009/09/17 06:00:15 AM