The Faroe Island North East Arctic cod and haddock fishery has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council certification.
The certification covers the entire Faroese fishery for North East Arctic cod and haddock within the Barents Sea. The fleet consists of two 60-meter vessels and the catch is processed and frozen at sea and landed in Faroese ports, ready for export. The year-round fishery uses demersal trawls.
“We are looking forward to delivering our customers frozen-at-sea MSC certified cod and haddock, because it’s very important today for a company to be able to adapt with the times and this is what we at JFK have done with this certification,” said Jogvan Hansen, JKF general manager. “Furthermore, this certification will open up new markets and also allow us to build on existing markets. We are very excited to see what this has installed for us.”
