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Canada's wild salmon fisheries are voluntarily giving up their Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, the most popular "sustainable" label for seafood. An audit in 2018 found that the Canadian Pacific coast salmon fisheries were not on track to meet nine [...]

Since years, the WWF co-founded and still strongly WWF promoted MSC standard for sustainable industrial fisheries has tried to get its certification scheme into practice in developing countries, with modest success so far. Now it seems they will gain ground [...]

Omega Protein, which recently attained MSC certification for the Atlantic menhaden fishery, has signaled it will likely exceed a cap for the species in the Chesapeake Bay.. The cap was initially suggested by the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission (ASMFC) [...]

Umweltbewusste Konsumenten greifen gerne zu Produkten mit Siegeln. Zum Beispiel zu Fisch, welcher das MSC-Label trägt. Doch es tauchen vermehrt Vorwürfe auf, das blaue Label garantiere nicht immer nachhaltigen und schonenden Fischfang. Sind die Standards zu lasch? Documentary about MSC [...]

GENEVA—The Pew Charitable Trusts today commended the decision by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to regulate the trade in 18 species of sharks and rays whose populations are depleted.The decision means [...]

Clearwater Seafoods will retain its Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its eastern Canadian lobster fishery, despite being found guilty of gross violations of Atlantic fisheries regulations in the fall of 2018. In2-18 Clearwater plead guilty to storing 3800 lobster traps [...]

An independent adjudicator has dismissed nearly all objections made against the certification of the Atlantic menhaden fishery by MSC. Omega Protein, the company seeking certification, in addition to Daybrook Fisheries, have begun filing for certification of the Gulf menhaden next. [...]

Certification will be effective until July 2022. Article: https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/msc-renews-certificate-for-pna-tuna-fishery

So, where are we now? Unfortunately, the government’s response to the EAC report was weak, merely urging stakeholders to continue to engage with consultations. The MSC has not taken action beyond opening further consultations on issues that have long been [...]

A new assessment has found North Sea cod to be at critically low levels and calls for catch to be reduced by two-thirds. MSC has stated that they will review these findings at the end of the month to determine [...]