I have not heard of MAC. Will have to look into it.
Also I understand the hesitation from the legal side to create a good vs bad vendor list. I guess I was thinking something that would be voluntary through a 3rd party that would provide a certification. Similar to ISO certification for environmental. Vendors that are certified would have to have certain practices in place and be willing to participate in annual audits to ensure compliance.
This would give us the ability to chose with confidence vendors we know are using sustainable practices.
Yes, MAC was essentially an ISO certification system using third party inspectors. The trouble was, the supply chain is VERY long and convoluted: a fisher catches the fish and holds them for up to a week until a travelling boat/truck comes by to make a pickup. The fish then go to an intermediary for shipment to the exporter. The fish are then exported to the US and then either go to a retail store directly, or to a secondary wholesaler and then a retail store.
Jay