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Now that your company is a Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) partner, you have access to resources that can help expand your MSC certified offerings, promote your commitment to sustainability, and stay up to date on the latest sustainable fishery news.
We announce newly certified fisheries on our website, msc.org, and would like to collaborate with you craft a press release and create a distribution plan. When the time comes, we’ll connect you with our Media Manager and talk about getting images that show off your fishery in action.
If your fishery achieves MSC certification, we would be thrilled to celebrate with you. Celebrations can range from a simple lunch or dinner to a big launch event. Let us know what works best for you! See below for examples of how we’ve celebrated other MSC certified fisheries.
In addition to our website, we will share the news of your certification on all our social media channels. That includes our global Twitter and Instagram and our USA Facebook page. We’d love to connect with you on social media, so the Marketing and Communications team will reach out to get all your information at that time.
The Fisheries Outreach team is here to help you get connected with different market opportunities. We’ll send you a questionnaire to learn a little bit more about where you currently sell and what your dream market is so we can do our best to make it happen.
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification to handle and sell certified sustainable seafood boosts companies’ share price and proves that ‘it pays to be green,’ according to new research from the University of Cantabria, Spain, published in Marine Resource Economics.
Love for the ocean is translating into a desire to protect it — especially when Americans go to the grocery store.
A Perspective on the Role of Eco-Certification in Eliminating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
The MSC Find A Supplier page offers partners the ability to find businesses with MSC Chain of Custody Certification that offer MSC certified seafood. You can search by location, species, and business activity to find the organization that meets your needs. The search will list a company contact if it has been provided to us. Please note that only the headquarter location for each certification holder is listed and may not provide all certified sites or their distribution/reach. If you can't find what you're looking for, please reach out to your regional MSC commercial contact.
MSC marketing materials, toolkits, videos, images, and infographics are available on our Multimedia Library. These resources are available for certified partners who have signed a licensing agreement to help them educate their audiences on their commitment to healthy oceans and seafood for the future. Apply for a user account today! Check out MSC partner marketing case studies for stories on how MSC and our partners have promoted their certified products. You can also take a look at our Marketing Resource page, which has the latest campaign toolkits and some simple messaging and assets you can use on your website, advertising, or social media channels.
As an MSC partner, funding through The Ocean Stewardship Fund (OSF) is available to you. The OSF aims to increase the number of sustainable fisheries worldwide. We are accelerating progress by funding innovative research and supporting fisheries at all stages on the path to sustainability. Since the Ocean Stewardship Fund first launched in 2019, we’ve awarded 35 grants spanning over 15 countries, totaling £1.3 million to date. From trialing innovative bycatch reduction models in Iceland to supporting sustainability improvements in a small-scale red sea urchin fishery in Mexico.There are 3 funding programs within the Ocean Stewardship Fund:
We recommend signing up for our North American quarterly newsletter. This newsletter contains the latest program updates from the US and Canada, upcoming opportunities and events, new assets and resources for partners, and other important information that will help you make the most of your MSC certification. Sign up here.If you want to stay up to date on the latest fisheries news, you can also sign up for our bi-weekly fisheries update.
Your local MSC Fisheries Manager is available to help answer your questions or direct you to the right individual. Find your local contact on our website here.
If you have questions about the MSC in general, visit our FAQ page.
As an MSC partner, you have access to our library of photos, videos, graphics, and plenty of other materials to help promote your commitment to sustainability in stores, online, on packaging, and beyond.
Learn more about what seafood eaters in North America (and around the world) think about and look for when shopping for seafood with the results of our bi-annual GlobeScan survey.
From “why are seafood labels important” to “how does the MSC reduce bycatch”, this page answers the questions most commonly asked by our audience. We hope they can help you better communicate your commitment to healthy oceans.
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