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 .

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 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 Improvement Projects (FIP) Princes aims to source MSC certified fish and is actively involved in FIPs around the world with the aim of improving management and sourcing new MSC products.

OPAGAC multi-ocean FIP Moroccan FIP 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 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 – North East North East Atlantic Pacific We source pole and line Princes sources MSC tuna via two suppliers from Princes sources certified from Indonesia’s AP2HI FIP. The MSC certified pink the North East Atlantic’s FIP started in 2014 and and red 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 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 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 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. We aim to offer the best and most relevant information to our consumers.

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We promote the healthy credentials of a diet rich in fish across our Princes brand marketing activity, including: • Oily fish such as Princes Salmon or Mackerel is high in omega 3 fatty acids • Princes Tuna, Salmon and Mackerel is high in protein • Princes Tuna in brine or springwater is low in saturated fat • Princes Fillers, available in tuna and salmon variants, are a great source of protein, low in saturated fat and all under 180kcal per serving Partnerships: ISSF

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For more information about our support for tuna fisher initiatives visit our Tuna Sustainability micro site. Partnerships

Sustainable Indian Fisheries management Ocean Tuna Initiative (SIOTI) Princes recognises that improvements are The Indian Ocean Fishery Improvement Project is an needed in the management of global tuna stocks and alliance-driven initiative to help the purse seine fishery that Regional Fisheries Management Organisations in the region meet Marine Stewardship Council (RFMO’s) need to be able to set and enforce the rules (MSC) sustainability standard. required to improve tuna sustainability. The FIP focuses on the key areas of sustainable In 2017 and 2018, Princes co-signed calls to tuna sourcing – healthy fish stocks, minimal and reversible RFMO’s led by ISSF, WWF and the NGO Tuna Forum impact on ecosystems, and effective fisheries to improve the management of tuna fisheries. These management – to ensure that best practices are calls represent a consensus between industry and adhered to. The FIP covers the catches of skipjack, NGOs in the need for a science based approach yellowfin and bigeye tuna species from around 40 to improving: French, Italian, Spanish, Mauritius and Seychelles- • The development and implementation of flagged purse seine vessels. comprehensive, precautionary harvest strategies The FIP also focuses on supporting the recovery • Effective monitoring and management of fish plan of the yellowfin stock in the region and will work aggregating devices (FADs) closely with the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to • Strengthened monitoring, control and surveillance improve fisheries governance in the region. tools, including increased observer coverage through For more information on the IO FIP, please visit: human observers and/or electronic monitoring https://www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/indian- • Greater focus on implementation of bycatch ocean-tuna-fishery-improvement-project[LR(1] mitigation actions Through its involvement with ISSF, Princes supports research and development with the aim of improving tuna sustainability and reducing its wider MSC environmental impacts. This includes the development of non-entangling FADs – that are now required The Marine Stewardship Council throughout our supply chain - and ongoing research (MSC) runs a globally recognised certification into biodegradable FADs. In addition, Princes is programme for sustainable seafood. Some of our fish independently verified by ISSF as being compliant with products are sourced from fisheries that are certified all ISSF conservation measures including the prohibition to the MSC standard – a partnership we hope will of shark finning and delivery of best practice training for help raise awareness of the need for sustainable vessel skippers to reduce bycatch. sourcing. The MSC has three principles required by a fishery in order to meet its standard: • The fishing activity must be at a level which ensures it can continue indefinitely EII The Earth Island Institute (EII) was founded • Fishing operations must be managed to maintain in 1982 to support people who are creating the structure, productivity, function and diversity of solutions to protect our shared planet. the ecosystem The EII runs a specific international monitoring • The fishery must comply with relevant laws and programme aimed at eliminating any impact on have a management system that is responsive to dolphins, turtles, and other sea life as a result changing circumstances of tuna fishing. Its monitoring helps ensure that the For more information on the MSC visit www.msc.org catch methods used by tuna suppliers are legitimate, responsible and dolphin friendly. More information on the EII can be found at www. earthisland.org/immp Fish uide

We offer a broad variety of fish types, prepared, packed and ready for you to enjo Here’s some more information about some of the main fish species we supply, including how and where they are caught.

Mackerel ippers and Catch Methods: Purse Seine Catch Methods: Purse Seine Catch Methods: Purse Seine and Pelagic (mid-water) trawl and Pelagic (mid-water) trawl and Pelagic (mid-water) trawl here caught: North East Atlantic here caught: Coastal Portugal here caught: North East Atlantic and Morocco Kippers are Smoked Herring. Herring especially healthy due to the naturally high levels of Omega 3 fatty acids. acids. Our range is available in oil, salted water or with sauces, they offer a quick, water or tomato sauce. convenient and nutritious snack or accompaniment to a main meal.

Tuna Salmon Catch Methods: Purse Seine Catch Methods: Purse Seine and Gillnet and Pole and Line here Caught: here caught: Indian, Atlantic

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