Tag: MSC Certification
MSC continues to permit remote assessments. The Marine Stewardship Council is continuing to permit remote assessments and audits where Covid-19 restrictions prevent on-site audits. This is due to the continuing impact of the pandemic on ...
Vital Pet Life raises bar on competition, by announcing their wild Alaskan salmon oil is now Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified sustainable. As part of their continuing mission to put sustainability first, Vital Pet Life, an ...
MSC goes fishing in space for sustainable solutions. Just over fifty years after humans first set foot on the moon, the “Gravity Challenge” takes space technology to tackle some of the biggest environmental and business ...
Japanese bluefin tuna fishery now certified as sustainable. A Japanese longline bluefin tuna fishery, Usufuku Honten Co. Ltd, has formally become the first in the world to achieve certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) global ...
Assessors must reconsider MSC tuna evidence. The independent adjudicator for the formal objections process to the potential Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the first East Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery has published his findings. Mr Eldon ...
Consumers fear favourite fish will be off the menu by 2040. High levels of concern for our oceans are driving a new wave of consumer activism, research for the Marine Stewardship Council reveals, as consumers ...
Walmart moves to source canned tuna from sustainable sources. As of July 2020, achieving a key aspect of its original goal years in advance, Walmart is moving to source its U.S. stores Great Value canned tuna as ...
US Seafood Co Blue Harbor Fish Co.® celebrates World Oceans Day. Today, on World Oceans Day, Blue Harbor Fish Co.® is celebrating the important role that sustainable seafood plays in ensuring a healthy ocean and ...
Assessment of Usufuku Honten bluefin progresses to independent adjudication hearing. An independent adjudicator heard evidence earlier this week for and against the potential certification of the Usufuku Honten Northeast Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery. The hearing, conducted ...
FairTrade tuna fishery achieves certificate for sustainability. A small-scale Indonesian fishery operating on small one or two-man boats using hooks and lines has successfully demonstrated its sustainability to the globally recognised standard set by the ...
Barents Sea fisheries achieve MSC certification. The Russia Barents Sea Greenland Halibut Fishery and Opilio Trap Fishery catching snow crab, have been awarded MSC certification as sustainable and well-managed fisheries. As a result, their catch, sold to markets in ...
ISSF updates MSC tuna reports. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated two comprehensive reports that share recommendations for both purse seine and longline fisheries pursuing Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. ISSF 2020-11: Recommended Best Practices for Tropical Tuna Purse Seine ...
New training videos for fresh fish counters. New training videos will help managers train their staff working at fresh fish counters in retail and in the foodservice sector learn about the Chain of Custody (CoC) ...
MSC sets out latest support during coronavirus pandemic. The MSC’s decision to offer certified fisheries a six-month extension on the usual timelines for assessments and certifications reflects the enormous challenges that the coronavirus pandemic is posing to ...
MSC Audits and Assessments Temporarily permitted off-site The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is temporarily allowing audits and fishery assessments to be conducted remotely in light of the coronavirus pandemic and in consideration of the welfare ...
New tuna FIP aims to pass MSC standard by 2025. Key Traceability – a UK based company specialising in auditing and advising seafood supply chains – has announced that the ‘Marpesca Purse Seine Tuna Fishery’ ...
Project to promote sustainable tuna fishery in Canaries. Grupo Calvo made a presentation in Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) recently on the “Sustainable Canary Tuna” project. The initiative seeks to promote the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) sustainable certification ...
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