Global production from aquaculture is growing substantially and provides increasingly significant volumes of fish and other aquatic food for human consumption, a trend that is projected to continue. Although aquaculture growth has potential to meet the growing need for aquatic foods and to contribute to food security, poverty reduction and, more broadly, to achieving sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals, it is increasingly recognized that improved management of the sector is necessary to achieve this potential. The application of certification in aquaculture is now viewed as a potential market-based tool for minimizing potential negative impacts and increasing societal and consumer benefits and confidence in the process of aquaculture production and marketing

1. Nazmul Haque Syekat
Department of Fisheries & Marine Science ,NSTU
Session: 2017-18
Benefits of Certification
in Fisheries Sector

2.  What is certification?
 What is the product certification?
 Why Certification?
 Some Organizations Who Serves Certification on Seafood & Fishery
Products
 Fisheries that can't be certified
 Key Benefits of Certification
 Benefits of Certification in Fisheries Sector
 Conclusion
 References
Flow of Presentation
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3. What is Certification ?
 The action or process of providing someone or something with an
official document attesting to a status or level of achievement.
 Certification is the provision by an independent body of written
assurance that the product, service or system in question meets
specific requirements.
 It is the formal attestation or confirmation of certain characteristics of
an object, person, or organization.
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4. Product Certification
Product certification is the process by
which a manufacturer certifies that their
product conforms to a set of recognized
industry standards. This means that
products can be distinguished by
consumers as having been rigorously
tested.
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5. Why Certification ?
 Consumers wants more assurance about foods safety
 Demonstration of product specification
 Meet the product worldwide
 Enhance product demand to consumer
 Compete your product
 Make your product more familiar to world
 Intensify brand reputation
 Degree of acceptability
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6.  International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
 The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
 Global Seafood Alliance (GSA)
 Best Aquaculture Practice (BAP)
 Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA)
 Global Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
Some Organizations Who Serves
Certification on Seafood & Fishery Products
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7. Fisheries that can't be certified
1. Target amphibians, reptiles, birds and/or mammals
2. Use destructive fishing practices (such as poison or explosives).
3. Have been successfully convicted for forced labour violations
within the last two years.
4. Are conducted under a controversial unilateral exemption to an
international agreement.
5. Have been convicted of shark finning violations within the last two
years.
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8. Key Benefits of Certification
 Earn consumer trust
by demonstrating that your fishing practices conform to the
highest fishing standards
 Enhance market access
with certifications that are increasingly required by the
world’s major retailers
 Boost your brand image
with your proven commitment to sustainable fishery
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9. Benefits of Certification in Fisheries
Sector
 Fisheries certification supports the fishing industry in
ensuring responsible fishing practices
 Fisheries certification services enable you to conform to
industry-recognized sustainable fishing standards
 It demonstrate full traceability and shore up your brand’s
reputation.
 Minimizing potential negative impacts and increasing societal
and consumer benefits and confidence in the process of
aquaculture production and marketing.
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10. Benefits of Certification in
Fisheries Sector (cont.)
 Achieve sustainable fisheries management, both
ecologically, socially and economically.
 Minimize the environmental impact and to protect
marine habitats.
 Enhance food safety, animal welfare, social responsibility,
environmental responsivity and traceability.
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11. Conclusion
Seafood consumption worldwide is on the rise, leading to further
depletion of fish stocks. Increased pressure on marine resources, and
the intensification of fishing activity has also negatively impacted the
marine ecosystem more generally. Today’s consumers and retailers
take this threat seriously, and increasingly demand that producers,
processors and importers provide proof that their fish and seafood
products are issued from responsible, sustainable fishing sources.
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12. References
1. Marine Stewardship Council. Certified fisheries, Retrieved 9 May 2011.
/http://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/certifiedS.
2. Marine Stewardship Council. Principles and criteria for sustainable fishing MSC.
London: Marine Stewardship Council; 2002.
3. https://www.msc.org/for-business/fisheries/fishery-certification-guide
4. https://www.pehla.com/en/pehla-product-
certification/certification/certification-system-and-types-of-certificates/
5. https://certification.bureauveritas.com/needs/fishery-certification
6. Certification & Sustainable Fisheries. United Nations Environment Programme
2009, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
7. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227420181
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13. Any Question ?
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