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Does FishSource define sustainability?

No. FishSource provides both qualitative and quantitative information about specific variables which are key across international standards of fisheries’ sustainability (e.g., ICES, NMFS) such as biomass and fishing mortality levels, impact of fishing upon habitat or bycatch, but does not define a level above which is “sustainable” – FishSource leaves it to the users of the FishSource data to do that themselves, according to whichever standard of definition of sustainability they are using. FishSource is like a thermometer – it reports a reading, but it’s up to the user to determine whether its “too hot, too cold, or just right”.