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28 April 2021 From 26th April, the offshore haddock catch remains MSC certified while inshore haddock lost its certification. The client, Norges Fiskarlaget, opted not to apply for reassessment for the inshore haddock fishery. Both inshore and offshore cod have [...]

28 Feb 2021  - Link to English Translation  An interesting article which includes an interview with MSC Nordic representative Gisli Gislason, who admits that “several MSC fisheries in the world are having problems in fulfilling certification requirements when international fisheries [...]

4 Feb 2021  A new paper by Schiller and Bailey, in Fish & Fisheries, explored the relationship between an increase in harvest strategy implementation in tuna fisheries and pressures to obtain eco-certifications. They conducted interviews with delegates and observers at [...]

Undercurrent News, 18 Jan 2021 (behind paywall, free trial) Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) reports that Indonesian crew abandoned ship in Suva claiming they haven’t been paid for a year, had minimum access to communications, and no shore access as [...]

Economist, 4 Dec 2020 This article discusses the efficacy of the MSCs requirements around shark finning and draws attention to some of the limitations and general lack of enforcement of their Fins Naturally Attached (FNA) requirements. Interestingly, the article states [...]

27 Nov 2020 The introduction of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in tuna fisheries has resulted in economic gains, it has come at a high ecological cost and an increase in IUU activities from unregulated and drifting FADs and suggest ‘introducing [...]

(18 June, Intrafish) The members of the Make Stewardship Count coalition have warned the eco-label that it will be closely watching the Standard review process, especially regarding issues with shark finning (calling on the organization to implement a Fins Naturally [...]

NGO coalition Make Stewardship Count eyeing MSC during new review process (16 June, Seafood Source) Make Stewardship Count, an international watchdog group has vowed to observe the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) review of its global fishery certification standard closely, to [...]

Die Koalition “Make Stewardship Count”, darunter auch die Aktionsgemeinschaft Artenschutz (AGA) e.V., fordert, das MSC Ecolabel und seinen globalen Zertifizierungsstandard dahingehend zu verbessern, dass Shark Finning wirkungsvoll verhindert wird und der Beifang von vom Aussterben bedrohten Walen und Delphinen aufhört. [...]

Zum Start der anstehenden Überprüfung seines globalen Zertifizierungsstandards für Fischerei erhält das Marine Stewardship Council, der Zertifizierer von nachhaltigem Fisch und Meeresfrüchten, von den über 90 Mitgliedern der Make Stewardship Count Koalition eine eindringliche Warnung, dass die Koalition den Prozess [...]