Undercurrent News, October 14. An objection filed by the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries (CTTF) against the scope extension of the PNA’s pacific tuna fisheries has been successful. The adjudicator upheld the objection on the basis of FAD use and [...]
WWF Germany, October 10 2022 Read the English translation WWF Germany calls out MSC for certifying Baltic Herring, an overfished stock, which will be used in certified animal feed. The organisation raises concern about the use of conditions to ensure [...]
Star advertiser, September 18 2022 The Hawaiian Longline Association has been granted the MSC certification, covering deep-set tuna longline and shallow-set swordfish longline fisheries, and raising concerns around the legitimacy of the label. While the MSC program is meant to [...]
ATuna, September 7 2022 Full paper - Download One of the requirements for gaining MSC certification is that certified fisheries must be harvested at sustainable levels. The MSC, therefore, claims that certified fisheries are expected to be more sustainable than [...]
Footprint, August 11 2022. Read the full report The Changing markets foundation recently released a report investigating the use/sale of Antarctic krill in European based retailers and found that almost half of those studied sold supplements containing krill oil. Not only [...]
ATuna, August 9 2022. The MSC is slated to change the requirements around ghost gear, specifically addressing lost FADs and sonar buoys in the revisions set to be released in October. The development of guidelines for best practices around gear [...]
The Hill, August 9 2022. Earlier this year Shark Guardian released their report from an investigation which identified several violations in MSC fisheries, in particular pertaining to bycatch issues and shark finning on board certified vessels. Following the release of [...]
Undercurrent News, 1 August 2022 The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) is warning The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that they face having their MSC certification suspended if they fail to address their stock harvest strategies by the end [...]
ATuna, 28 July 2022 In June, the MSC announced that the new Fisheries Standard had been approved, which includes a condition pathway phase for fisheries to implement robust Harvest control rules. Recently, many MSC certified fisheries in the Western and [...]
The MSC Board of Trustees has approved the Fishery Standard, claiming it as a major achievement for the label. The final text however, has not been released and will not be available until October 31 2022. This leaves us and [...]
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