As a leader in the Australian seafood industry, Sydney Fish Market Pty Ltd actively pursues and promotes strict environmentally sustainable practices at all levels of its business. 

On an operational level, it promotes the availability of, and trade in, quality seafood that comes from ecologically sustainable wild fisheries and environmental best practice aquaculture. 

It promotes and supports rigorous scientific research into the sustainability of fisheries, including partnering OceanWatch Australia (OWA) in its work with seafood suppliers to protect aquatic habitats and minimise the environmental impacts of seafood production.

As a working fish market and destination for some two million visitors each year, SFM actively seeks to minimise water run-off from the site, prevent pollution, and maximise the recycling of paper, plastics and fish waste.

It provides leadership to the seafood industry in quality assurance, and commitment to product quality and accurate labelling to engender confidence in both buyers and sellers.

It actively promotes community understanding and acceptance of its sustainability principles and policies and the more general need for environmental responsibility by diligent use of all available media opportunities.

It ensures compliance with these principles by maintaining a best-practice through-chain traceability system which includes regular auditing of all components of that system.

Through these practices, SFM meets or exceeds all requirements of relevant environmental legislation and regulations. Beyond this, it works with industry bodies, governments, business partners and others in an effort to create continuous improvement in such practices.

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