Merger in 2012

Bering Select Seafoods Company will merge into its parent company, Clipper Seafoods, Ltd., as of January 1, 2012. Please note that our business and personnel will remain unchanged, and we will continue to operate at the same location in Seattle. Clipper Seafoods has controlled the ownership of Bering Select since Bering Select was started in 1992.

Clipper Seafoods, Ltd. is a large holder of fishing rights for Alaska cod in the Bering Sea, and it owns and operates six longline catcher-processor vessels. Clipper manages a seventh longline catcher-processor vessel for the account of Siu Alaska Corporation.

We will have a new web site at clipperseafoods.com, launching around January 9th. Check it out!

News

Outlook

The 2012 total allowable catch (“TAC”) quota for Alaska cod harvest in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands was set at 261,000 mt. The freezer longliner fleet initial share of this TAC quota was set at 113,000 mt, and an additional 28,000 mt of community development quota (CDQ) was set, most of which will be caught by freezer longliners. Read more

Alaska longline fleet takes first short-tailed albatross in 12 years

The Freezer Longline Coalition (FLC) has received confirmation that two short-tailed albatross have been incidentally taken recently by longline vessels fishing in Alaska, the first since 1998, in spite of the use of bird by-catch methods that have been remarkably successful in reducing bird by-catch over the last decade. Read more.

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification

The MSC was founded in 1997 by the World Wildlife Fund and Unilever as a way to reward responsibly managed fisheries around the world. Today, the organization is independent of its founders, with headquarters offices in London and regional offices around the world. The MSC is an accreditation body that accredits independent certification bodies to assess applicant fisheries and determine whether they meet the MSC’s principles and criteria for sustainable fishing. Through its certification and eco-labeling program, the MSC uses market-based incentives to encourage responsibly managed fisheries around the world. Visit www.msc.org for more information.

BBC Worldwide MSC Video - October 2007 from Bering Select Seafoods on Vimeo.

Is there a sustainable cod? from Bering Select on Vimeo.