Fish and shellfish from sustainable stocks and sustainable aquaculture
Level: Advanced
Fisheries exploits a wild resource and sustainable use of the worlds fish stocks is one of the most important sustainability aspects within the product area fish and shellfish. For aquaculture, feed use often dominates the environmental footprint but also a health plan as well as eco-system effects are relevant sustainability parameters. Trough special contract terms, procuring agencies can assure that the products delivered are assessed to be from sustainable stocks and aquaculture.
Details
- Type:
- Special contract terms
- ID:
- 11326
- Group:
- Fish and shellfish
Criterion text
The supplier undertakes to, from the start of the contract, only deliver products of wild fish/shellfish from stocks which on scientific ground are assessed as sustainably used regarding the following parameters:
- Stock size
- Stock reproductive capacity
- Fishing pressure
- Adapted fishing gear to minimize bycatch and bottom effects
- Management
- Eco-system effects
The supplier undertakes to, from the start of the contract, only deliver products of fish/shellfish from aquaculture which are assessed as sustainable regarding the following parameters:
- Feed use
- Chemical use
- Health-parameters of the fish/shellfish
- Eco-system effects
This can be manifested by that the species/stock/aquaculture method is marked as green, i.e assessed to be sustainable in a list or resource overview assessing the above-mentioned parameters.
The procuring agency decides on the basis, i.e list, resource overview or similar, for the contract term.
The following list or resource overview is the basis for the contract term: […………………………………………]
The procuring agency will notify the supplier of the updated version if the indicated list och resource overview is updated during the term of the contract. Stocks of fish and/or shellfish marked as red or assessed as vulnerable may be added to or deleted from the list or overview when updated. The supplier shall apply the updated version at the latest [30] days from the notification.
Verification
The tenderer confirms in the tender that only products of fish and shellfish in conformity with the contract term will be delivered.
Proposed follow-up
- A plan for monitoring of the contract terms together with the supplier is recommended.
- Control delivery and request documentation which can verify that delivery has been made in accordance with the chosen base for the contract term, for example species/scientific name, fishing area and reference to chosen list, resource overview or similar.
Subject matter of contract
Fish and shellfish with sustainability criteria
Information about the criterion
The procuring agency chooses the basis, i.e list, resource overview or similar, for the contract term and states the chosen one in the contract documents. Here (only in Swedish) is a record of examples of available lists and resource overviews which can be used as a basis for the contract term. The record is a sample, without ranking, based on relevance, actuality, scope and usability. Other lists may occur. The procuring agency may also request that the tenderer describe how they will fulfil the contract terms in in the tender.
Environmental goals
Versions history
The version date indicates when the sustainability criterion was created or last updated. Last reviewed dated tells when we last checked that the sustainability criterion still is relevant.
- Current ID
- 11326
- Version date
- 2019-06-26