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Basque company Pescafria-Pesquera Rodríguez SA first Spanish fishery to obtain MSC certification for sustainable fishing
02 February 2012
The Marine Stewardship Council[1] today announced that Pescafria-Pesquera Rodríguez has been awarded MSC sustainable fishing certification, making PESCAFRIA the first Spanish fishery and the first European Union Barents Sea cod fishery to be awarded this distinction.
MSC responds with corrections regarding ASMI statements
20 January 2012
There are numerous local seafood sustainability schemes around the world. Some, including ASMI, make claims about credibility and equivalency to the MSC standard. For the following reasons, we do not accept that the ASMI scheme is an equivalent scheme to the MSC program.
MSC Statement Regarding Alaska Salmon
20 January 2012
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been informed by the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF), the organization that serves as the client for the Alaska salmon fishery, that it is withdrawing the fishery from assessment toward a possible third 5-year certification. The existing MSC certification runs until October 29, 2012 and any Alaska salmon caught prior to that date may be sold as MSC certified.
MSC certificate for the Portuguese sardine purse seine fishery suspended
12 January 2012
Client has 90 days to implement corrective action plan.
The PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery’s ‘free school’ set operations gains MSC certification.
09 January 2012
The PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery’s free school purse seine fishing operations have been certified as sustainable against the MSC standard.
Irish Mussel fisheries enter MSC assessment
04 January 2012
Blue mussel fisheries representing the entire bottom grown mussel landings of Ireland have today entered the Marine Stewardship Council certification process
Certifiers give 90 days’ notice of mackerel certificate suspension
03 January 2012
MSC certified mackerel fisheries in the North East Atlantic ocean have received notice that their certificates will be suspended on 30th March 2012 unless issues in the fisheries are resolved.
Gulf of California, Mexico thread herring fishery enters MSC full assessment process
22 December 2011
The Gulf of California Mexico thread herring purse seine fishery into the independent, third-party assessment under the MSC certification program.
Award-winning Exmouth mussels enter MSC assessment
22 December 2011
Exmouth’s award-winning mussel fishery has entered MSC assessment.
