Tag: MSC Certification
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 ...
MSC receives objection over bluefin tuna fishery. The MSC has received an objection from WWF to the recommendation of independent assessors, Control Union Pesca Ltd, to certify the Usufuku Honten Northeast Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery ...
Ferry company achieves MSC and ASC certification. ForSea is the first shipping company in Sweden and Denmark to be MSC and ASC certified and the first shipping company in the world to serve only MSC ...
Sweden’s first fully certified sushi chain opens. Sweden’s first sushi chain to be fully ASC and MSC certified has opened this month, with four locations in southern Sweden offering only responsibly and sustainably sourced seafood. ...
First oyster fishery in the Americas MSC certified. Prestige Oyster Texas and Louisiana private oyster fishery achieved MSC certification recently, marking a first for a wild oyster fishery in the Americas to achieve certification. The ...
Pole and line tuna fishers enter MSC certification. The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), the only non-profit association that is solely committed to promoting responsible one-by-one tuna fisheries and supply chains, welcomes the confirmation ...
Japanese oyster fishery now MSC certified. Maruto Suisan Co. Ltd., a company based in the city of Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of sustainability for its oyster fishery in ...
Western Australia Sea Cucumber fishery first to become MSC certified. The fishery is the world’s first to be certified to the Marine Stewardship Council’s global standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery. • The 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 ...
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