Danish fisheries take great strides towards certification - Increased demand for sustainably harvested fish

On the surface, this interest in sustainability may be about market access, about companies realising they stand to lose customers if they cannot document that their products are sourced from sustainably harvested stocks. But there is increasingly an acceptance that limited resources need careful husbandry if future generations are also to benefit from them. Ultimately, man’s dependence on nature means that the careless exploitation of natural resources can compromise the well-being of future generations. More immediately, disappearing stocks will have a lethal impact on coastal communities across the country that depend on fisheries for their survival. Read more about the demand for sustainably harvested fish in the Eurofish Magazine.