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Media Coverages: Orkney Creel Fishery becomes the world’s first fishery certified under Community Catch Standard
30 July 2026Orkney Creel Fishery becomes the first fishery in the world to receive the Community Catch Standard certification. This is a remarkable accolade for the hard work of local fishing communities in Orkney that have worked so hard to ensure a respon …
Community Catch 30-Day Stakeholder Consultation Closed! Orkney Crab Creel Fishery 9th April – 9th May 2026
9 April 2026Community Catch is pleased to announce that the Orkney Crab Creel Fishery has now entered the Community Catch evaluation process, with NSF. This step marks the beginning of an independent assessment to determine whether the fishery meets the requiremen …
Community Catch 30-Day Stakeholder Consultation Closed! Struisbaai Yellowtail Traditional Line Fishery 23rd April 2026
23 March 2026Community Catch is pleased to announce that Struisbaai Yellowtail Traditional Line Fishery has now entered the Community Catch evaluation process, with Control Union. This step marks the beginning of an independent assessment to determine whether the f …
Community Catch Digital Platform now Launched!
21 July 2025Community Catch is proud to launch our digital self-assessment platform – now live and accessible via our website: 👉 https://communitycatch.assessments.faifarms.com/open/self-assessment/v1https://communitycatch.org This easy-to-use tool is designed spe …
IntraFish Article: Key M&S Seafood Executive Joins Community Catch as CEO
18 May 2025After nearly five years at the helm of seafood sourcing at Marks & Spencer, Linda Wood has taken on a new challenge — becoming the CEO of Community Catch, a certification initiative aimed at empowering small-scale fisheries and improving their acce …
Community Catch is heading to the Barcelona Seafood Expo
30 April 2025⏳The countdown has officially begun ⏳— 7 days to go!🎉 Community Catch is heading to the Barcelona Seafood Expo 2H601 6-8th May — and we’re excited to launch something transformational: the Community Catch Initiative! 📅 Save the date for our Launch: 7th …
You’re Invited: Celebrate the Launch of Community Catch!
23 April 2025🎉 You’re Invited: Celebrate the Launch of Community Catch! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce the official launch of Community Catch at Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona! 🐟🌍 📅 7th May 🕓 4–5pm CET 📍 Stand 2E601 🥂 Canapés & drinks provided Community Catch i …
Community Catch sets sail to Barcelona!
14 April 2025⛵ News just in: Community Catch sets sail to Barcelona! ⛵ We’re heading to Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona 🌍🐟—and we’re not coming empty-handed! We’re proud to announce, we are officially launching our new Community Catch Global Certification Standard …
The Community Catch Standard Consultation 2
12 February 2025Just over a week left! Have your say on Community Catch Initiative before the final consultation closes!⏳ 📅 Consultation Period: 22nd January – 21st February 2025📝 Follow this link to head to our consultation page: https://communitycatch.org/consultati …
Final Consultation now LIVE
22 January 2025Final Consultation now LIVE 📢 We’re thrilled to announce that the final 30-day consultation for the Community Catch Standard for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries is now officially open! This is your final opportunity to have your voice heard and contr …
Community Catch is now a registered charity
4 September 2024We are thrilled to announce that Community Catch is now a registered charity, focused on education and training, as well as environment/conservation/heritage. Our mission is rooted in giving back to the small scale fisheries community, ensuring equity …
Introducing South Africa Yellowtail Fishery
23 July 2024Introducing our fourth beta trial fishery – South Africa Yellowtail Fishery. For this trial, we have partnered with two parts of the yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi) fishery: one with ABALOBI, the smaller fishing vessels (approximately 2 crew), a …
Introducing Maumere Fishery in Indonesia
19 July 2024Introducing our third beta trial fishery – Maumere Fishery in Indonesia To maximise exploring the efficacy of the Community Catch standard in a variety of fisheries, we have trials going on in fisheries of different sizes, gear usage, target species et …
Reel Talk – August 2024
19 July 2024Do you actively source seafood? Are you a retailer, a food service company or actively working elsewhere in the seafood supply chain? Do you want to learn more about a new improvement and certification initiative focused specifically on small-scale fis …
Introducing Mexico Campeche red snapper
16 July 2024Introducing our second beta trial fishery – Mexico Campeche red snapper This vertical and bottom longline fishery consists of three vessels, each 10m long and comprising three crew each. The wider fishery targets the red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) …
Introducing Orkney Crab
12 July 2024In this new post series, we would like to introduce to you our five ongoing beta trial fisheries. These beta trials have been running for a few months and aim to test some of the core pieces of our program, namely the self-assessment, the 3rd party eva …
Press release on our Public Consultation
8 July 2024New Press Release!! Fish Focus have recently posted a press release on our Public Consultation. The piece includes the thinking and structure behind the consultation as well as some thoughts from some of the Community Catch team. Read it here: https:// …
Reel Talk – July 2024
19 June 2024Have you heard about our new webinar series, ‘Reel Talk’ ? In the midst of a public consultation on our standard, we wanted to provide people with the opportunity to learn more and ask questions to us directly. These webinars will give you a chance to …