FAQs
At Clover Leaf, we pride ourselves on our extensive knowledge of seafood and our willingness to provide information. Here are a few frequently asked questions. Please select a category and click on a question below.
Questions - Sustainability
- Does Clover Leaf Seafoods practice sustainable fishing that ensures the health of fisheries and ecosystems?
- Are the tuna fisheries in trouble?
- Why did you receive a low score on the Greenpeace canned tuna report?
Answers
1) Does Clover Leaf Seafoods practice sustainable fishing that ensures the health of fisheries and ecosystems?
Clover Leaf Seafoods is very committed to responsible, sustainable fishing practices and global resource management. As our primary business is seafood, it is imperative – in fact, it is inherent to our mission – that we adhere to practices and policies that ensure long term sustainability of our fisheries resources.
Clover Leaf, along with WWF (World Wildlife Fund), scientists and other global tuna companies, is one of the foundering members of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), and in fact the only Canadian tuna company to participate. The ISSF stands for scientific fact-finding to identify best practices and ecologically sustainable solutions, using direct action to compel governments and industry leaders to support that scientific reasoning while advocating for continued improvement in all tuna fisheries. The list of accomplishments is impressive, and can be found at iss-foundation.org.
2) Are the tuna fisheries in trouble?
The concern most often heard in the media regarding the depletion of tuna stocks is usually about Bluefin tuna which is used in sushi, not canned tuna.
The species of fish used in Canada for canned tuna (skipjack, albacore, yellowfin) largely are abundant. To ensure these resources remain abundant, we continue to be very engaged with third party experts and the global seafood and fisheries to assess fish stocks and ensure they are being managed in a sustainable manner. This includes being a founding and active participant in the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). ISSF has partnered global scientists, tuna processors covering more than 70 percent of the world’s packaged tuna production, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – the leading environmental organization – to make more profound commitments to managing ocean resources. Clover Leaf produces canned tuna only from fisheries that are deemed sustainable by the ISSF.
3) Why did you receive a low score on the Greenpeace canned tuna report?
Greenpeace does not disclose how they evaluate companies, but regardless, we know with great certainty that Clover Leaf Seafoods, one of the founding members of the ISSF (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation) working with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), other scientists, and the Regional Fisheries Management Organizations is ensuring our fisheries and oceans remain healthy. In fact, we are the only Canadian tuna company member.
Sustainability is a complex issue, and if you are interested in reading more, click here for Greenpeace positions vs. the science based facts. Greenpeace does not employ scientists.
