Benchmarking data of the Fair Trade USA Capture Fisheries Standard and the Marine Stewardship Council Fisheries Standard against the Food and Agricultural Organization's Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries

Meghan E Borland; Megan Bailey

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103850

Benchmarking data of the Fair Trade USA Capture Fisheries Standard and the Marine Stewardship Council Fisheries Standard against the Food and Agricultural Organization's Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries

Data Brief. 2019 Mar 23:24:103850. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103850. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Meghan E Borland¹, Megan Bailey¹

Affiliation

¹ Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, NS, Canada.

Abstract

This paper presents data associated with the benchmarking of the Fair Trade USA (FT USA) Capture Fisheries Standard and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard against the Food and Agriculture Organization's Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradiation (FAO Voluntary Guidelines). Benchmarking was used to determine the extent to which these standards, which promote sustainability in different ways, align with the FAO Voluntary Guidelines. The data represent a comprehensive analysis of these standards and are useful for beginning to understand the appropriateness of these standards for small-scale fisheries in developing regions of the world. For further interpretation and discussion please see "A tale of two standards: A case study of the Fair Trade USA certified Maluku handline yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) fishery" [1].

Keywords: Certification program; Ecolabels; Fair Trade USA; Fisheries management; Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations; Marine Stewardship Council; Small-scale fisheries; Sustainability.