Tag: MSC Certification
Thames cockle fishery gains MSC. An independent assessment of the Leigh Port Partnership cockle fishery has found it meets the Marine Stewardship Council’s internationally recognised standard for sustainable fishing. The fishery can sell cockles marked ...
Western Australia octopus fishery gains MSC. The Western Australia octopus fishery has become the first octopus fishery in the southern hemisphere to be certified to the internationally recognised Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable ...
New director for NOAA International Affairs and Seafood Inspection. The USA’s NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has announced the appointment of Ms Alexa Cole as the new Director for NOAA Fisheries’ Office of International ...
Korean seaweed farm achieves ASC-MSC certification. A farm cultivating seaweed at sea in the Republic of Korea has become the first of its kind to be certified against the ASC-MSC Seaweed Standard. The farm is ...
Largest multinational fishery in N. Sea achieves MSC. The largest multi-national fishery in the North Sea area has achieved MSC certification. The Joint Demersal Fisheries, a collaboration of large and small-scale fisheries in the North ...
First South Korean fishery achieves MSC. The first South Korean-owned fishery has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) international standard for sustainable fishing. The certification applies to free school yellowfin and skipjack tuna ...
MSC doubles funding to Ocean Stewardship Fund. With world leaders convening this week in Oslo for Our Oceans 2019, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is increasing its commitment to global action to end overfishing. Its ...
Tuna fishery achieves MSC certification. Longline fishing vessels targeting bigeye and yellowfin tuna under the management of the Marshall Islands Fishing Venture (MIFV), a subsidiary of Liancheng Overseas Fishery (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd (SZLC), have achieved ...
Continued Growth in Sustainable Seafood Demand – Sales of MSC certified sustainable seafood has reached one million tonnes for the first time. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), responsible for the world’s leading sustainable seafood ecolabel ...
BC fishing industry sounds alarm on MSC certified salmon. – “Everyone who cares about wild salmon in British Columbia should be worried,” said the Canadian Pacific Sustainable Seafood Society’s Christina Burridge of its decision to ...
MSC North Sea cod certificate suspended. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificates for North Sea cod fisheries will be suspended after stocks dropped below the safe biological level. The suspension affects all MSC certified fisheries ...
Atlantic menhaden fishery achieves MSC. Omega Protein’s Atlantic menhaden fishery has now been officially certified as sustainable against Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standards. The certification comes after a final approval by an independent adjudicator, who ...
MSC and Indonesia agree sustainable fishing plan. The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) affirming their joint commitment to strengthening collaboration ...
Irish rope grown mussels achieve blue label from Marine Stewardship Council. The Irish rope grown mussel fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is the holder ...
Tri Marine acquired by Bolton Group. Tri Marine, one of the world’s leading sustainable tuna supply companies, has announced the sale of its global tuna supply business to its longtime partner, Bolton Group. Bolton Group ...
Fish City win Health and Nutrition Award at the Catey. Family-owned Fish City in Belfast won Seafish UK’s regional fish and chip restaurant award in 2015, and then in 2018 was voted the UK’s healthiest ...
US winter skate fishery MSC certified. The U.S. Atlantic Winter Skate (Raja ocellata) fishery in the Northwest Atlantic has been certified sustainable against the MSC fisheries standard. The assessment, executed by independent conformity assessment body MRAG ...
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