Five Star Fish

The term sustainable is generally defined as “a use or development that meets the needs of the present without thereby compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”. In fisheries management, this can be interpreted as continuous harvesting of viable stocks.

It is our belief that the need for sustainable fishing policies and all supporting regulatory measures are vital for the posterity of our industry, and we as a significant processor of fish take our responsibilities to a sustainable future extremely seriously. We formally mandate all of our suppliers clearly stating that we will not deal with those who do not operate in a responsible manner and which remain unable to demonstrate compliance with all relevant national and international regulations.

To this end we fully support all efforts that have been made to bring forward sensible and sustainable fishing practices, and our clear policy is firstly that:

• Five Star Fish will take all reasonable precautions to ensure that all its fish purchases have not been caught, landed or farmed illegally.

In addition to this foundation principle:

• We are as key stakeholders actively supportive of the Seafish Responsible Fishing Scheme, the Marine Stewardship Council fisheries certification programme and our involvement in their Chain of Custody eco labelling scheme.
• We will endeavour also to encourage our customers to use the advice available to them through the Marine Conservation Society, Seafish and other organisations and wherever practical and subject to availability use fish from MSC approved sources and the Seafish Responsible Fishing Scheme or from our approved farmed assured supply chain.
• Additionally it is our policy that we will only initiate new product development programmes that take into account the sustainability of the species based on the best available scientific advice and we will only develop new products that originate from legal and sustainable sources.