Thai government partnership to help seafood sustainability
This agreement will secure ongoing collaboration between Thailand, Seafood Task Force members and the extended seafood supply chain to discuss and review all available options to quickly and effectively transform the way Thailand monitors and controls its fisheries.
Nick Wise, head of OceanMind, said: “This Collaboration Agreement is a tremendous step forward in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Thailand. The Royal Thai Government is now taking the lead to ensure its fisheries are fully compliant and sustainable.”
As the third largest seafood import/export and processing country in the world, Thailand has already demonstrated its will to improve compliance in the fishing industry by committing thousands of hours and significant financial resources to building a new monitoring, control and surveillance system for its fisheries.
Bob Miller, director of CP Foods and a founding member of the Seafood Task Force, said: “We have been instrumental in helping Thailand reach this point and OceanMind’s team continue to provide the unique tools and analysis to support and drastically improve Thailand’s compliance efforts.”
In addition to the Seafood Task Force, The Pew Charitable Trusts and numerous Seafood Task Force manufacturers have also provided financial support to help monitoring efforts. ■