Spanish seafood firm Jealsa Rianxeira partners with SFP

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, a nonprofit dedicated to rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental and social impacts of fishing and aquaculture, has announced a partnership with Jealsa Rianxeira S.A.U. Group, based in Boiro, Spain.

Jealsa, which posted a turnover of EUR 576 million (USD 643 million) in 2016, employs around 4,000 workers. It specializes in producing and marketing canned seafood under the Rianxeira, Escurís, MareAperto, and Robinson Crusoe brands. The group also supplies canned fish and seafood for the distributor Mercadona under the brand Hacendado. Jealsa also operates tuna vessels in the Atlantic.

“It is an encouraging sign for the future of sustainable seafood in Spain to see a group with the size and influence of Jealsa demonstrating such a strong commitment,” Pedro Ferreiro, deputy director of SFP’s buyer engagement team, said. “SFP is thrilled to be partnering with Jealsa, and we hope this will serve as inspiration to other Spanish seafood companies.”

Jealsa’s commitment to increasing the sustainability of its seafood includes membership in the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), the operation of a non-chemical water treatment plant, and the use of byproducts from its tuna processing to make fishmeal, fish extract, and gelatin.

“We have always been very aware that our growth and consolidation as a company is due to internationalization of our business model, characterized by the integration of full respect for human rights, the sustainable exploitation of resources, environmental responsibility, constant support of renewable energy, and the social and economic development of the towns and countries in which it is present,” Jealsa Rianxeira Sustainability Manager Ángeles Claro said. 

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