The Audubon Nature Institute on Wednesday (Feb. 27) announced an initiative called Gulf United for Lasting Fisheries – G.U.L.F – that in part is working to obtain a special certification that could put Louisiana seafood in more stores across the globe. Audubon has hired Global Trust to asses the Louisiana blue crab and oyster fisheries and the Gulf-wide red snapper fishery to determine whether they are sustainable and well-managed, according to Julianna Mullen, Audubon's Sustainable Seafood Project Manager.
Mullen discussed the program on Wednesday afternoon during the Louisiana fisheries summit in Houma. She said the blue crab fishery already has passed some initial steps and now is going through a peer review before the Global Trust certification could be issued.
"People in the fisheries say they feel that they don't have a voice and we want to be your champion," Mullen said. "We are going to bring together the restaurants, the visitors who come to our various facilities, we are going to go grocery chains and to consumers, and we are going to facilitate conversations between Gulf states."
"G.U.L.F. will get noisy for you. That's what we are here for."
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