Talk:Friend of the Sea

New article with text deleted from another article for not meeting Wikipedia standards
You know, when content is removed from an article because it sounds to much like a brochure and has no reliable sources or notability shown, it's not a good idea to reinstate all the same text into a brnd new article to repeat the problem there. It still needs sources, it still needs to be written about objectively, and ignoring that is not an option. DreamGuy (talk) 00:12, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Suggested amendment to line in this article about FAO guidelines
The following line in this Wikipedia entry is incorrect: “Article 30 of the FAO Guidelines for Ecolabelling of Marine Fisheries Products[5] requires that the target stock in fisheries is not overexploited. The Friend of the Sea sustainable seafood certification scheme is the only certification scheme currently compliant with this article.”

This line is inaccurate for the following reasons:

- This is a summary of text for Article 30 of the FAO requirements. The full requirements are ‘The “stock under consideration” is not overfished, and is maintained at a level which promotes the objective of optimal utilization and maintains its availability for present and future generations, taking into account that longer term changes in productivity can occur due to natural variability and/or impacts other than fishing. In the event that biomass drops well below such target levels, management measures (Code of Conduct Article 7.6) should allow for restoration within reasonable time frames of the stocks to such levels.’

- Friend of The Sea is not the only program that meets these requirements – for example The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) complies with article 30 of the FAO guidelines.

For these reasons it is suggested that the above line in the article is edited to read: “Article 30 of the FAO Guidelines for Ecolabelling of Marine Fisheries Products[5] requires that ‘The “stock under consideration” is not overfished, and is maintained at a level which promotes the objective of optimal utilization and maintains its availability for present and future generations, taking into account that longer term changes in productivity can occur due to natural variability and/or impacts other than fishing. In the event that biomass drops well below such target levels, management measures (Code of Conduct Article 7.6) should allow for restoration within reasonable time frames of the stocks to such levels.’ The Friend of the Sea sustainable seafood certification scheme is currently compliant with this article.”

If there are no objections the change will be made on 10 June 2011.

AChatburn (talk) 10:44, 6 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's good. Go ahead! --Epipelagic (talk) 07:22, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Any criticism?
A controversies and disputes section should be created to create a balanced article (neutral point of view) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.113.97.110 (talk) 16:18, 17 May 2020 (UTC)