Public draft report on the Barents Sea Cod and Haddock fisheries are now being available for comments

The certification body, Food Certification International Ltd. (FCI),  has announced that the Public Comment Draft Report for the Barents Sea cod and Barents Sea haddock fisheries is now available for comment for a period of 30 days. Any stakeholder wishing to comment on the report is invited to contact Melissa McFadden (details below) no later than 5pm GMT, 27th September 2010, reports www.megafishnet.com with reference to Ocean Trawlers.

Stakeholders are advised that they are to provide objective evidence in support of any additional claims or any claimed errors of fact in their response to the Public Comment Draft Report. Any comments made by stakeholders shall be documented and forwarded by the certification body to its certification decision-making entity.

Draft report:
·         To download, please follow this link.

Melissa McFadden
Email: Melissa.mcfadden@foodcertint.com