{"id":6023,"date":"2014-05-20T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2014\/05\/20\/sri-lankan-tuna-and-swordfish-fos-certified\/"},"modified":"2014-05-20T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T10:53:00","slug":"sri-lankan-tuna-and-swordfish-fos-certified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/sri-lankan-tuna-and-swordfish-fos-certified\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan tuna and swordfish FoS certified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Derived products, from fishing vessels operating in the Eastern Indian Ocean (FAO Area 57), can now carry the Friend of the Sea sustainability seal of approval.<\/p>\n<p>Yellowfin tuna and swordfish are considered not to be overexploited in this area according to the latest stock assessments. No protected areas are affected by the fishing activity and none of the by-caught species are included in the IUCN Red list of endangered species.<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive traceability system is in place to guarantee that all Friend of the Sea requirements are fulfilled and that no mixing occurs between certified and non-certified origins. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share the same sustainability vision of Friend of the Sea program,\u201d said Malintha Fernando of Lihini. \u201cFriend of the Sea has become the leading sustainability standard for many species and this recognition provides an important added value for our products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sustainability is a universal value and I am very glad to see that more and more companies in the Indian Ocean share our commitment&#8221;, adds Paolo Bray, director of Friend of the Sea.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan company Lihini Seafood (pvt) Ltd has been awarded Friend of the Sea certification for its yellowfin tuna and swordfish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6023"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}