| Material Category | Animal & Organisms |
| Maker Name | Fiskur Leather |
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| Maker Location | United States |
| Catalog Number | 2024025 |
Fiskur Leather produces exotic, durable goods using various types of fish leather, including Salmon, Wolffish, Cod, Tilapia, and Lunker Leather. This material serves as a unique alternative to traditional leather in products like bags, purses, wallets, and jewelry. The company, a small family-owned business operating since 2011, highlights the use of this unconventional material to create visually distinctive products like Nanai salmon leather and Wolffish leather.
Impact Categories were developed by mindful MATERIALS as part of the Common Materials Framework.
| Human Health | They do not explicitly state the chemical processes used for tanning and finishing the fish leather, which are critical for determining the material's impact on human health |
| Climate Health | Transforms discarded waste into a durable high-value material, it is a conscious effort to minimize the material's overall environmental footprint. |
| Circular Economy | Upcycles what would otherwise be a waste stream into a valuable, exotic, and durable material, promoting the circulation of resources at their highest value. |
| Social Health & Equity | Small family-owned business operating since 2011, suggesting a localized and human-scale production model. |
| Ecosystem Health | Primary benefit to ecosystem health is the avoidance of new resource extraction, as the material is sourced from skins that are byproducts of the existing fishing industry. |