Table of Contents

1 Ecolabelling of Seafood: The Basic Concepts.

Trevor J. Ward & Bruce Phillips.

2 The Economics of Ecolabelling.

Cathy A. Roheim.

3 FAO Guidelines for Ecolabelling in Wild Capture Fisheries.

Rolf Willmann, Kevern Cochrane & William Emerson.

4 The Marine Stewardship Council Programme.

Rupert Howes.

5 Aquaculture Certification.

Daniel Lee.

6 GLOBALGAP—Building Consumer Confidence in Aquaculture Sustainability.

Aldin Hilbrands.

7 Advancing the Global Marketplace for Sustainable Seafood: The Seafood Choices Alliance.

Michael Boots.

8 Developing an International Standard for the Trade in Live Reef Food Fish.

Geoffrey Muldoon & Peter Scott.

9 Market-Based Mechanisms - Improving Fisheries Management?.

Duncan Leadbitter.

10 Measuring the Success of Seafood Ecolabelling.

Trevor J. Ward.

11 Case Study 1: Toothfish - An MSC-Certified Fishery.

David Agnew.

12 Case Study 2: The Baja California, Mexico, Lobster Fishery.

Bruce Phillips, Luis Bourillón & Mario Ramade.

13 Case Study 3: MSC Certification of the Alaska Pollock Fishery.

Jim Gilmore.

14 The Marine Stewardship Council and Developing Countries.

Stefano Ponte.

15 Benefits of Certification for Small-scale Fisheries.

Meredith Lopuch.

16 New England Aquarium: Supporting Environmentally Responsible Seafood Choices.

Heather Tausig, Michael Tlusty, Lydia Bergen, Gregory Stone & Kathleen Szleper.

17 Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Programme.

Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly.

18 The New Zealand Best Fish Guide.

Barry Weeber & Cath Wallace.

19 Guiding Australian Consumers to Sustainable Seafood Choices.

Craig Bohm.

20 Towards Sustainable Seafood: The Evolution of a Conservation Movement.

Michael Sutton & Laura Wimpee.

21 Anecdotes and Lessons of a Decade.

Trevor J. Ward & Bruce Phillips

About the Author

Trevor Ward, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Bruce Phillips, Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Reviews

"This book provides a review of current eco-endorsement systems for sea foods and sea food products. It includes a full description of the background and history of ecolabels, ratings, guides and choice systems, considers sea food evaluation and certification, presents case studies in the use of ecolabels and discusses the future of sustainable sea foods." ( Food Science and Technology Abstracts , July 2010)