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    <title>Pescaviar winner of MSC Most Innovative Product award</title>        
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    <description>Pescaviar’s Arënkha Pearls won the award for Most Innovative Product at the first edition of the MSC SeAwards, held during the the European Seafood 2012.</description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>lrodriguez</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-05-10T14:25:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Strengthening valued partnerships, building new markets: MSC releases new five year strategic plan</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/strengthening-valued-partnerships-building-new-markets-msc-releases-new-five-year-strategic-plan</link>        
    <description>Next five years focused on growth and adding value for partners as MSC publishes summary strategic plan </description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>kwilcox</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-05-09T16:20:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Marine Stewardship Council and High Liner Foods announce ground-breaking partnership in Canada</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/marine-stewardship-council-and-high-liner-foods-announce-ground-breaking-partnership-in-canada</link>        
    <description>MSC labeled products from High Liner will begin to roll out later this month</description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>mdecesare</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-05-08T15:45:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Dutch tv-chef Ramon Beuk and MSC ecolabel on a sustainable culinary journey in Suriname</title>        
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    <description>The popular Surinamese-Dutch tv-chef Ramon Beuk paid a special visit to his home country - a culinary journey entirely dedicated to sustainable fisheries. </description>   
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    <dc:creator>smies</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-04-12T23:00:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Sustainable Seafood Finder: MSC launches its first mobile app</title>        
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    <description>The MSC has launched a mobile sustainable seafood finder, its first mobile app, to help shoppers search for certified sustainable seafood on the go.</description>   
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    <dc:creator>abowman</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-04-12T11:45:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Marine Stewardship Council brings Portuguese microsite online</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/marine-stewardship-council-brings-portuguese-microsite-online</link>        
    <description>The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), reiterating its commitment to strengthen global communication, today unveiled a microsite in the Portuguese language.</description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>bcutler</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-03-23T17:10:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>2000 MSC Chain of Custody certificate holders</title>        
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    <description>Finefish, a Norwegian processor offering a range of fresh and frozen seafood products, became the 2000th MSC Chain of Custody.</description>   
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    <dc:creator>mschuddebeurs</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-03-22T16:09:06Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>World First: Denmark’s retailers join forces to promote MSC certified sustainable seafood</title>        
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    <description>Competing retailer groups, Coop, Dansk Supermarked and SuperGros, together covering 97 per cent of the Danish market have united to achieve a common objective, to promote MSC certified sustainable seafood</description>   
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    <dc:date>2012-03-12T08:55:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Marine Stewardship Council launches student scholarship research program</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/marine-stewardship-council-launches-student-scholarship-research-program</link>        
    <description>The closing date for applications is Monday 23rd April 2012.

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    <dc:creator>atownsend</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-03-09T14:42:55Z</dc:date>  
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    <title> MSC Stakeholder Council welcomes new member, Abdul Ghofar</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/msc-stakeholder-council-welcomes-new-member-abdul-ghofa</link>        
    <description>Stakeholder Council meets in Madrid </description>   
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    <dc:creator>kwilcox</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-02-17T14:50:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Eroski, first Spanish retailer introducing MSC labelled products in fresh fish counters</title>        
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    <description>Eroski offers MSC-certified hake and skrei cod. MSC certification is identified by a tag with the blue ecolabel on certified products. According to survey carried out by Eroski Consumer, almost 50% of consumers believe in initiatives of this type.</description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>lrodriguez</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-02-15T11:25:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>El Corte Ingles, first spanish retailer to offer MSC labelled seafood products</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/el-corte-ingles-first-spanish-retailer-to-offer-MSC-labelled-products</link>        
    <description>El Corte Inglés has become the first Spanish distribution chain to offer canned and frozen fish bearing the Marine Stewardship Council  ecolabel. </description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>lrodriguez</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2012-01-24T17:45:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Halperns’ Establishes Seafood Milestone in Atlanta with MSC Chain of Custody Certification</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/halperns2019-establishes-seafood-milestone-in-atlanta-with-msc-chain-of-custody-certification</link>        
    <description>Halperns’ Purveyors of Steak and Seafood, has become the first MSC Chain of Custody certified seafood distributor in Atlanta, Georgia.  </description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>mdecesare</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2011-12-09T18:25:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>MSC certified London boroughs get top plaice for sustainable food</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/msc-certified-london-boroughs-get-top-plaice-for-sustainable-food</link>        
    <description>Ten London boroughs have been praised for taking the bold step of achieving MSC certification in the Good Food For London</description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>sclement</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2011-11-21T14:25:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>The Alaska Salmon Fishery Enters Assessment for a Third Certification to the MSC Standard for Sustainable Fishing</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/the-alaska-salmon-fishery-enters-assessment-for-a-third-certification-to-the-msc-standard-for-sustainable-fishing</link>        
    <description>The Alaska salmon fishery has entered assessment for its 2nd re-certification which, if successful, will establish a milestone by becoming the first U.S. fishery to earn MSC certification three times.  The fishery, first certified in 2000 and recertified in 2007, includes Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), Chum (O. keta), Coho (O. kisutch), Pink (O. gorbuscha) and Sockeye (O. nerka) salmon within the state’s 16 geographical management units.  </description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>mdecesare</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2011-11-18T17:29:06Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Science Magazine reports on independent study on environmental impacts of the MSC program</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/science-magazine-reports-on-independent-study-of-the-msc</link>        
    <description>Science Magazine recently published a news story about a new independent study on the environmental impacts of the Marine Stewardship Council program that was conducted by MRAG. For non-subscribers, the Science Magazine story is available. 

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    <dc:date>2011-11-17T20:25:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>First Spanish small-scale fisheries seek MSC certification</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/first-spanish-small-scale-fisheries-seek-msc-certification</link>        
    <description>The Ria de Pontevedra razor clam fishery and the Ria de Arosa clam fishery have announced today that they  will enter full assessment under the MSC certification and ecolabeling programme for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. They are the first artisanal Spanish fisheries to undergo a full scientific assessment for MSC certification, and the first fisheries operating on Spanish waters to enter the MSC program. </description>   
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    <dc:creator>lrodriguez</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2011-11-15T08:40:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>New study on environmental impacts of MSC programme published</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/new-study-on-environmental-impacts-of-msc-programme-published</link>        
    <description>Fisheries involved in MSC programme show improvements against key environmental outcome indicators over time</description>   
    <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>    
    <dc:creator>kwilcox</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2011-11-02T09:50:00Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>MSC clarifies precautionary requirements for low trophic level fisheries </title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/msc-clarifies-precautionary-requirements-for-low-trophic-level-fisheries-seeking-certificatio</link>        
    <description>MSC requirements help low trophic level fisheries minimise impact on ecosystems</description>   
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    <dc:creator>kwilcox</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2011-09-08T14:48:57Z</dc:date>  
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    <title>Streamlined documentation improves accessibility and clarity of the MSC standards and assessment process</title>        
    <link>http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/streamlined-documentation-improves-accessibility-and-clarity-of-the-msc-standards-and-assessment-process</link>        
    <description>An updated documentation process at MSC improves accessibility and clarity of the MSC standards and assessment process</description>   
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    <dc:creator>achatburn</dc:creator>    
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    <dc:date>2011-09-08T14:48:57Z</dc:date>  
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