Invitation til webinar: Comparing the Environmental Benefits of Marine Aquaculture Standards YOU ARE INVITED TO THE PRESENTATION OF A NEW REPORT... How Green is Your
Eco-label? Comparing
the Environmental Benefits of Marine Aquaculture Standards Date:
Wednesday, December 7th Time:
10 AM ET or
3 PM ET (the presentation will be held twice on December 7th) Location:
Via Webinar (details provided below) Presenters: Dr. John
Volpe and Jennifer Gee, University of Victoria (British Columbia), Seafood
Ecology Research Group Eco-labels
and product standards have proliferated in the seafood market as a
shorthand buyers can rely on to make environmentally-sound seafood
choices. But what do these eco-labels and standards actually mean? Is a
farmed fish produced to a particular standard a better environmental choice
than conventionally produced fish? And, how do all of these standards compare?
A
new study-How Green is Your Eco-label- helps sort through the plethora
of environmental claims regarding farmed seafood. Developed by the
Seafood Ecology Research Group led by Dr. John Volpe at the University of
Victoria, this new tool uses a well-established methodology refined by the 2010
Global Aquaculture Performance Index (GAPI) to measure the environmental
performance of 20 marine finfish aquaculture standards. It is the first
study to compare aquaculture standards to conventional practice, highlighting
those standards with the greatest potential to drive environmental improvement
in the industry. The study also takes a step further to assess how leading
farmed salmon standards stack up compared to the red-yellow-green rankings of
popular seafood guides. We
invite you to join us on December 7th for a first-hand look at the
results of this new assessment and to engage directly with the study authors.
Below are instructions for joining both the conference call and webinar.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to other colleagues that might be
interested in attending. INSTRUCTIONS TO JOIN THE WEBINAR: If at any time you have difficulty, please
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