http://www.msc.org News about fisheries engaged in the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) program. http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/Basque-company-Pescafria-Pesquera-Rodriguez-first-spanish-fishery-to-obtain-msc-certification 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. No publisher lrodriguez 2012-02-02T12:05:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/msc-responds-with-corrections-regarding-asmi-statements 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. No publisher mdecesare 2012-01-20T23:35:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/msc-statement-regarding-alaska-salmon 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. No publisher mdecesare 2012-01-20T04:34:01Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/msc-certificate-for-the-portuguese-sardine-purse-seine-fishery-suspended Client has 90 days to implement corrective action plan. No publisher kwilcox 2012-01-12T11:09:35Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/the-pna-western-central-pacific-skipjack-tuna-fishery2019s-2018free-school2019-set-operations-gain-msc-certification The PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery’s free school purse seine fishing operations have been certified as sustainable against the MSC standard. No publisher bpate 2012-01-09T09:40:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/irish-mussel-fishery Blue mussel fisheries representing the entire bottom grown mussel landings of Ireland have today entered the Marine Stewardship Council certification process No publisher sclement 2012-01-04T10:25:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/certifiers-give-90-days2019-notice-of-mackerel-certificate-suspension 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. No publisher jsimpson Mackerel 2012-01-03T11:00:39Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/gulf-of-california-mexican-thread-herring-fishery-enters-msc-full-assessment-process The Gulf of California Mexico thread herring purse seine fishery into the independent, third-party assessment under the MSC certification program. No publisher mdecesare 2011-12-22T16:30:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/award-winning-exmouth-mussels-enter-msc-assessment Exmouth’s award-winning mussel fishery has entered MSC assessment. No publisher jsimpson 2011-12-22T00:00:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/msc-board-statement-on-shark-finning No publisher kwilcox 2011-12-16T17:21:29Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/hokkaido-fall-chum-salmon-set-net-fishery-enters-msc-full-assessment Major Japanese salmon fishery aims to meet market demand for MSC certified seafood No publisher kwilcox 2011-12-16T09:40:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/chilean-mussel-fishery-enters-msc-full-assessment-process A Chilean mussel fishery has been entered into independent, third-party assessment in the MSC certification program by the fishery client group Toralla S.A. and Cultivos Toralla S.A. No publisher mvivero 2011-12-15T18:05:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/southeast-us-north-atlantic-swordfish-longline-and-buoy-gear-fishery-completes-msc-certification The Southeast US North Atlantic swordfish (Xiphias gladius) pelagic longline and buoy gear fishery has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification after a rigorous, independent assessment by MRAG Americas, an internationally accredited certifier, determined the fishery meets the MSC standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. No publisher mdecesare 2011-12-08T17:01:18Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/norwegian-north-east-arctic-cod-and-haddock-fisheries-gains-msc-certification The Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) has now gained MSC certification for all Norwegian North East Arctic cod and haddock fisheries. No publisher mschuddebeurs 2011-11-30T17:21:04Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/the-alaska-salmon-fishery-enters-assessment-for-a-third-certification-to-the-msc-standard-for-sustainable-fishing 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. No publisher mdecesare 2011-11-18T17:29:06Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/new-zealand-hoki-fishery-enters-re-assessment-for-msc-certification The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has welcomed a decision by the NZ hoki fishery to seek re-assessment under the MSC’s program for well-managed and sustainable fisheries. No publisher bpate 2011-11-15T22:14:06Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/first-spanish-small-scale-fisheries-seek-msc-certification 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. No publisher lrodriguez 2011-11-15T08:40:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/cod The fishing cooperative Küstenfischer Nord eG Heiligenhafen has received the internationally recognised MSC certificate for sustainable fishing for its eastern Baltic cod No publisher ggeltinger 2011-11-11T10:14:37Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/australia2019s-spencer-gulf-king-prawn-fishery-becomes-the-first-prawn-fishery-in-asia-pacific-to-gain-msc-certification South Australia’s Spencer Gulf king prawn fishery has been certified as sustainable against the MSC environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries, and its western king prawns can now bear the blue MSC ecolabel. No publisher bpate 2011-11-08T23:15:00Z News Item http://www.msc.org/newsroom/news/suriname-atlantic-seabob-worlds-first-tropical-shrimp-fishery-to-be-awarded-the-msc-ecolabel Suriname is celebrating a special premiere: The Suriname Atlantic seabob shrimp fishery has become the first tropical shrimp fishery in the world to achieve MSC certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. No publisher smies 2011-11-08T15:01:05Z News Item