Land: Germany

The German Eastern and Western Baltic cod fishery, based in Cuxhaven, has started assessment to the internationally recognised MSC standard for sustainable fishing. “Sustainability and the protection of fish stocks are paramount to all of our fisheries. We want to prove this to our clients and the MSC label is a credible tool for this,” says Kai-Arne Schmidt, Managing Director of the producer association. The independent assessment will be led by certifier Food Certification International (FCI) and is expected to complete by the end of 2010.

German producer Appel Feinkost announced to add the MSC ecolabel for third-party sustainable fishing.

Germany’s largest fishing trawler is said to be fitted with a SkySails towing kite to meet the growing problem of fuels.

Germany is well aware of the threat poses by over-fishing and poorly managed fishing fleets but it lacks the courage to raise voice.

German authority has become more focused on re-circulating aquaculture systems that enable intensive fish production.

Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited (ONC) has secured their position as the largest omega-3 EPA/DHA ingredient supplier in the world.

The North Sea saithe trawl fishery is first in Germany to be awarded MSC certificate with Eco-Label.

The German North Sea saithe trawl fishery has successfully completed

The Western Baltic spring-spawning herring fishery targeted by vessels of the “Erzeugergemeinschaft der Hochsee- und Kutterfischer” has entered the full assessment under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries.

Greenpeace activists have tried hard to deter bottom trawling in North Sea off Germany in order to protect a reef.