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California law aims to cut through 'sustainable' chatter, set standards.

Publication: Nation's Restaurant News
Publication Date: 02-NOV-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- A new law in California aims to bring meaning to the phrase "sustainable" when describing seafood, a move that restaurant operators say might help them navigate the complex flood of eco-claims about fish and shellfish.

Signed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in October, the bill charges the state's Ocean Protection Council with establishing standards for sustainable fishing practices as well as a protocol for the labeling and marketing of seafood as a sustainable product in the state.

Under the legislation, the state government will not certify fisheries as environmentally well managed, but the Ocean Protection Council will offer guidelines and funding to help fisheries change their ways to become approved by an independent, third-party certifying agency that meets or exceeds standards established by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.

The legislation doesn't identify the third-party certifiers that will enforce the rigorous standards. But one of the only such groups operating in the United States is the Marine Stewardship...

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