On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 23:15:46 -0500, Greg & Lei Gunthorp wrote:
>Don't wild caught animals and wild harvested plants have to come from areas
>that people can document they are in compliance with organic standards?
Some of the issues regarding wild harvest in general also apply to fish
--- these are OCIA Standards references, but others will be similar (if
they have them at all). Whether or not they make a big difference, I
can't say. For some stuff (like shellfish and sea vegetables) the
standards make a *huge* difference. For free swimmers, I'm not so
sure. There are, however, other areas of standards far goofier than
wild-harvest.
*Collection areas free from contamination ( 4.6.1)
Collection areas are monitored for contamination only indirectly, since
residues in seawater are extremely dilute and the fish tend to move
around a great deal. The primary contamination concern in coastal
waters is generally pesticide residues, particularly lipophilic
(fat-soluble) compounds. Fish oil cantested regularly for lipophilic
pesticides, and were this not already normal testing procedure, it
would be required under 4.6.4.
*Clearly defined collection areas ( 4.6.3)
Fishing locations must be clearly defined and numbered. All captains
must file a daily fishing report, even if no sets (placing of nets)
were made. Each set must be individually recorded, whether or not fish
were caught, and include:
? the time each set started and ended.
? the approximate number of fish caught
? the position
? numbers and specifics of the by-catch (non-target species)
*Specific management plan to prevent over-harvesting ( 4.6.5)
To a substantial degree, management of fish stocks is external to the
companies harvesting the resource, controlled instead by the NMFS
(National Marine Fisheries Service) in conjunction with state fishery
authorities. In essence, therefore, the fishery management plan has
been `contracted out,' as is often the case with pest management plans
at food processing facilities. The amount of allowable catch is almost
always determined by a third party.
Bart Hall
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