Hanover, NH – Dartmouth College students can breathe easy knowing they’re eating haddock sourced in an environmentally responsible way from fishermen who care about seafood for future generations. This is part of Dartmouth University Dining Services’ seafood dinner offered last night to students across campus to draw attention to sustainable fisheries and responsible seafood. On the menu is MSC certified haddock from the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway.
Dartmouth’s sustainable seafood dinner menu features parmesan-crusted haddock that is traceable to its original source – off the coast of Norway – because of the MSC’s Chain of Custody (CoC) certification. Dartmouth College was the first college in New England to earn the MSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification, which ensures that the entire supply chain is traceable to its origin.
“Demonstrating that the ocean to plate journey is a sustainable one is an essential part of the MSC program,” said Brian Perkins, MSC’s Regional Director for the Americas. “It means that the fish served at Dartmouth with the MSC blue fish label comes from a fishery with healthy fish stocks, has minimal impact on the marine ecosystem, and is well managed. We are proud of Donald Reed and Dartmouth Dining Services for demonstrating their sustainability leadership and making sure students can eat seafood with a good conscience.”
“Serving MSC certified seafood is important for not only our current students but future Dartmouth students as well” said Don Reed, Associate Director of Dining at Dartmouth College.
Students had the opportunity to learn more about the MSC and win a swag bag with MSC coasters, thumb drive, and more which was raffled off to students during the dinner.