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The MSC has announced several changes to their Board of Trustees including a new Chair, and several new board members. Sadly, the newly elected chair, Hartwig Schefer, passed away suddenly in May. Follow the links below to learn more about [...]

The Tunacons Foundation has been granted a 60,000 USD grant to better understand silky shark survival rates from interactions with purse seines. The Tunacons Foundation is run by industry to promote sustainability in their fisheries, many of which are MSC-certified.  [...]

Shark Guardian, March 30 2023 The information below is from the Shark Guardian website. Shark Guardian first exposed these negligent and illegal practices in the Western Central Pacific Ocean in May 2022 (Slipping Through the Net), but a lack of [...]

IntraFish March 17 2023 There have been several recent class action lawsuits in the United States against the eco-labels for false claims, in an attempt to halt greenwashing, but labels such as the MSC. This article focuses on the lawsuit [...]

Protecting Ocean Wildlife - Reducing Bycatch in Pacific Ocean Longline Tuna Fisheries, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership “New research from Sustainable Fisheries Partnership highlights the impacts of commercial tuna longline fishing on endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) species in the Western Central [...]

Seafood News, Jan 27 2023 According to the MSCs most recent market report, the number of sustainably sourced seafood species on UK supermarket shelves has increased to 49, up from 26 just 10 years ago. The most popular species continue [...]

Seafood Source, January 13 2023  Over the last two years, Seafood2030 and BounceBeyond have worked with seafood stakeholders to gain a better understanding of the “sustainable seafood system,” or the collective impact of those working on sustainable seafood. Seafood2030 completed [...]

Seafood Source, January 12 2023 The MSC has teamed up with the Non-GMO Project and Fairtrade America to launch their ‘Little Labels, Big Impact’ campaign to try to prompt consumers to pay more attention to such labels while grocery shopping. [...]

MSC Fisheries Standard Good Indicator On Achieving UN Biodiversity Goals - ATuna 22.12.22.pdf MSC recognized by the UN - FIS 22.12.22.pdf According to the article, the Marine Stewardship Council has gained recognition by the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP15), [...]

SeafoodSource, December 12, 2022 See also - MSC Praises Skipjack Harvest Strategy Adoption in WCPO, ATuna December 23 2022. In December 2022, The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) came to an agreement to adopt a management procedure (MP) [...]