Increased Transparency
In the Supply Chain
We work on enabling seafood suppliers, processors, and end-buyers to consistently provide seafood products while supporting ocean health and improving the livelihoods of local fishing communities.
Reducing
IUU Fishing in the Philippines
Over 40 % of Philippines wild caught seafood comes from Ilegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing.
6.9%
National wild fisheries are currently under sustainability programs and/or rated against fisheries standards.
$1.6 Billion
is lost every year due to to IUU fishing
70%
Fishing grounds are now considered overfished in the Philippines EEZ
We Make Compliance Attractive
For Supply Chain Actors
By working with buyers and by raising awareness to consumers, the BSP initiative aims to shift the demand towards responsibly-sourced and sustainable seafood, creating incentives for fisheries and fishing practices to improve over time.
How can you help?
Buyers and consumers both play a role to protect Philippine’s natural resources. We offer a list of ways for both actors to engage with us
Testimonies
Hear from others
“Sustainability has always been at the core of our procurement decision. We have partnered with BSP to help us build and strengthen the supply chain for responsibly-sourced reef fisheries”.
Christian Schmidradner
Managing Partner and COO
“Fishta works hand in hand with BSP so we can source consciously and offer our clients products that are healthy, high quality, traceable, and responsibly sourced”.
Carina Ong
General Manager.
Recent News
By Fishta Seafood Store, June 2021
June 9, 2021 – Fishta Seafood, Inc. and USAID, through its Fish Right Program and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), formalized their 17-month initial partnership to adopt responsible seafood sourcing (RSS). Signed last April 16, 2021, the initiative aims to ensure seafood sustainability and increase supply chain transparency.
By Vina Medenilla in Manila Bulletin, March 2021
“About 70 percent of Philippine fishing grounds are currently overfished. If this continues, future generations won’t have fish to eat. Limiting our catch is one way to preserve marine biodiversity and to save the livelihood of almost two million Filipino fisherfolk.”
By Vina Medenilla for Agriculture Magazine, February 2021
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Better Seafood Philippines
BSP is a USAID-funded initiative implemented by Sustainable Fisheries Partnership under the FishRight program. The Fish Right Program is a five-year partnership between the Government of the Philippines and the United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), to improve marine biodiversity and the fisheries sector in three marine key biodiversity areas. The program runs from 2018 to 2023.
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