Our Sustainability Philosophy

We respect and protect the Ocean. This is on the mind of all our people.

Our sustainability philosophy

We carefully monitor the health of the fisheries from where we source our seafood and we keep abreast of best practice in sustainable fisheries management. We make sure that all of our seafood comes from sustainable sources and is caught using sustainable harvesting practices.

As a fisher, processor and marketer our objective is to reduce our impact on the environment by actively pursuing environmentally friendly ways of carrying out a successful business.

Sealord is currently developing a sustainability strategy and policy to cover all aspects of our business. To find out more about this please email us at als@nullsealord.co.nz

Sustainable development

“Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” United Nations, Brundtland Report.

All food production has an impact on the environment. Our commitment is to reduce this by looking for the best possible way of doing things based on sound, independent science.

New Zealand’s seafood industry invests more than $20million every year into research, to measure how best to sustainably harvest seafood and minimise our impact on the environment.

Fishing: Most environmentally friendly form of food production

Recent research by University of Washington professor of aquatic and fishery science, Professor Ray Hilborn has shown that well managed fishing has less overall impact on ecosystems and biodiversity than land-based farming (dairy, meat & grain). This includes the amount of water used, the amount of CO2 created, and the fact that fishing requires no use of fertilizers or pesticides.