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Aesop Shrimp

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General

Aesop Shrimp

The Aesop shrimp, striped shrimp or pink shrimp is a cold-water shrimp from the same family as the northern prawn. This species occurs in the sub-arctic waters on the northern hemisphere, in the Arctic Ocean and the northern Atlantic Ocean. This species prefers hard substrates and mainly occurs at depths of 20 -100 meters.

Aesop Shrimp

Origin

Atlantic Ocean, northwest (FAO 21)

Farming- / Catch method

Bottom trawls

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Explanation assessment

In 2012, the Canadian trawl fishery for Aesop shrimp became MSCMSC:
Marine Stewardship Council, an independent, international non-profit organization that has developed an eco-label that guarantees well-managed, sustainable fisheries. Fish products that meet the criteria of the eco-label can be identified by the blue MSC logo.-certified. This fishery uses so-called sorting boxes, making it easier for larger species to escape from the net. This reduces bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards). . MSC-certified Aesop shrimp are caught using bottomBottom trawls:
A fishing technique in which cone-shaped nets terminating in a codend are dragged through the water column or along the bottom. trawls.

ASC label

Fish with the ASC label is farmed in a sustainable manner.

MSC label

Fish with the MSC label is caught sustainably.

Good fish

This fish is not being overfished or is being responsibly farmed, with minimal impact on the environment.

Second choice

This fish is a second choice. There are still some improvements to be made in this fishery or fish farm.

Avoid

Do not buy this fish. It's being overfished or the way it's farmed or caught has a negative impact on the environment.

Welfare

There is fish available of this species that is farmed or caught using high welfare standards.

GlobalG.A.P.

GlobalG.A.P. certified farms are doing a step in the right direction in terms of sustainability. A few species with this label are getting a better score on the VISwijzer.

Organic

Organic standards are the strictest when it comes to fish feed. They also require certain measures for animal well-being.