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Wild Caught Responsibly Sourced Seafood Wild caught responsibly sourced seafood January 2019 January 2018 Princes supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals Responsible sourcing We are committed to the quality, integrity and long-term sustainability of the seafood we sell. Founded in 1880, initially trading solely in canned fish, few businesses have a heritage as rich as Princes in the procurement of sustainable seafood. Our corporate responsibility work is based around three key pillars – climate change and the environment, fair partner and good employer, and health and wellbeing. Our commitment to sourcing seafood sustainably is a key part of our corporate responsibility. Even though we don’t own or operate any fishing boats, we still expect that our high standards are reflected in the actions of our suppliers. We also proactively engage with a range of organisations and others in the global seafood industry, to improve sustainability and to help protect ocean ecosystems. Our standards are consistent throughout Princes global business – from our tuna processing site in Mauritius to our food manufacturing sites in the UK and the products we import from our suppliers around the world. Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) sources and Fishery Improvement Projects (FIP) Princes aims to source MSC certified fish and is actively involved in FIPs around the world with the aim of improving fisheries management and sourcing new MSC products. OPAGAC multi-ocean FIP Moroccan sardine FIP Maldives MSC certified Pacific Ocean Pole and Line Skipjack Launched July 2016, this FIP Our key sardine supplier is a Princes sources MSC tuna from Fishery encompasses all purse seine member of the Moroccan sardine the PNA fishery, the Solomon vessels that are members of FIP. The FIP commenced in We source skipjack tuna from Islands and American Samoa OPAGAC fishing the three main 2015 and aims to improve the the MSC certified pole and line certified fisheries. tuna species across the Atlantic, management of the sardine fishery in the Maldives. Indian and Pacific oceans. fishery. AP2HI FIP – Indonesia North East North East Atlantic Pacific We source pole and line Princes sources MSC tuna via two suppliers from Princes sources certified mackerel from Indonesia’s AP2HI FIP. The MSC certified pink the North East Atlantic’s FIP started in 2014 and and red salmon MINSA fishery. involves a number of vessel from the Alaskan owners, processors and fishery. non-governmental bodies from across the region. Senegal pole and line tuna FIP Princes sources Skipjack and small amounts of Yellowfin and Bigeye tuna from the pole and line fleet operating from Senegal. Princes is actively involved in the development of a FIP in this area with the aim of improving the management of the fishery and attain MSC certification. Sustainable Indian Ocean Tuna Initiative (SIOTI) Brazilian pole and line tuna Princes is a founding member FIP of SIOTI, a partnership of tuna TUNACONS FIP processors, vessel owners, Princes sources pole and line government agencies and WWF. Our two key suppliers in the tuna from Brazilian partners that The FIP represents a significant New Zealand Skipjack Eastern Tropical Pacific are are involved in the development investment by Princes and Purse Seine FAD Free involved in a FIP that aims of a FIP. A Memorandum of aims to secure the sustainable Fishery to achieve MSC certification Understanding was signed management of Skipjack, through effective management between FIP partners in October Yellowfin and Bigeye tuna in We source skipjack tuna from the of the fishery and reducing the 2017 committing to improve the Indian Ocean, with the purse seine FAD free fishery in environmental impact of its fishery management and attain ultimate goal of achieving MSC New Zealand. Part of this fishery vessels. MSC certification. certification. is certified to the MSC standard. uality and interity Quality and integrity are central to our wild caught sustainability and procurement commitments. All of our seafood is fully traceable back to the catching vessel and is handled carefully from catch to can to maintain optimum quality and flavour. With illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) To ensure the quality and fishing providing a source integrity of our seafood we: of forced labour globally, it • Supply quality and nutritious products. is absolutely vital that all of • Work only with approved supply partners who ensure Princes high standards of quality and sourcing are adhered to. our seafood meets strict • Ensure full chain traceability. traceability standards. • Support the principle of Marine Protection Areas and Marine Reserves. • Fully support and comply with ISSF’s efforts and measures to reduce bycatch and control fishing capacity. • Play an active role in the debate over catch methods, bycatch and sustainability and shape our approach based on the latest scientific information. • Audit our suppliers against our standards. • Comply with all relevant regional, national and EU legislation. • Ensure large-scale purse seine vessels used to source tuna are registered on the ProActive Vessel Register (PVR). • Adhere to the internationally-recognised strict standards of the Earth Island Institute (EII). We do not: • Source any IUU seafood. • Permit long-line caught fish in our branded products. • Trade with companies or vessels that have not banned the practice known as shark finning. • Permit at sea transhipment. • Trade in any species listed as endangered or critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species. • Over-package our products and we aim to use recyclable packaging materials wherever possible. esponsile maretin esponsile maretin Responsible marketing is a corner stone of our business. 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