translated from Spanish: Sernapesca delivers for the first time the blue seal of sustainable fishing to a supermarket

After a series of inspections, Jumbo de Viña del M Ar was the first supermarket to receive the blue seal of sustainable fishing by the Sernapesca. The national Director of the service, Alicia Gallardo, gave the stamp that seeks to emphasize the commercial premises, restaurants or direct sale of fish and shellfish that make a sustainable extraction and responsible for the products of the sea.
The blue seal was implemented on 2016 by Sernapesca and in order to combat illegal fishing, which for the 2017 accumulated revenues of US $300 million in Chilean waters, according to Sernapesca reported.
But what is sustainable fishing? “Fishermen who comply with their records, with their fishing gear, which respect the requirements of administration, the Vedas, which respect the minimum sizes when required, such as the small octopus for example, less than a kilo. All this happens in a responsible fishing framework where the SERNAPESCA access to this type of fishing, controlling this. In the Caletas or in the marketers, “Gallardo said.
Meeting standards
“We are super proud to be the first supermarket chain to have this blue stamp. We have been working on sustainability issues for quite some time. We are always looking for suppliers that meet these standards, from small suppliers, such as Caletas, to larger suppliers that supply us with a broader assortment of products, “said the business manager Jumbo fishmonger, Mikel de Ugarte .
De Ugarte explained that the chain complies with all the standards established by the government agency. “We are now adding to the last traceability system that is taking Sernapesca,” he mentioned.
The traceability system includes the monitoring and containment of the origin of the product until it arrives at the trade. This implies the fulfillment of periods of closures, constant vigilance of the cold chain through trucks with GPS that give a complete traceability of the temperature of the products, since they go up to the vehicle until the arrival to the local, among others Requirements.
86 stamps have been delivered in the country. The Viñamarino headquarters constituted the first supermarket to receive a blue stamp. However, other 54 local chain members will receive the distinctiveness in meeting the requirements established by the Agency.

Original source in Spanish