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The MSC monitoring and evaluation program works to understand the environmental and social impacts of the MSC. It also provides the scientific foundation for a consistent, research-based program.
Good monitoring and evaluation is needed to verify whether our program is delivering the impacts promised by the MSC label.
Our monitoring and evaluation team:
The MSC collects information about the program, including data from fishery public certification reports (PCR). These contain the fishery scores for every performance indicator in the MSC Fisheries Standard, and are publicly available in our Track a Fishery portal.
External databases, including the RAM Legacy Database, FAO global capture production database and ICES stock assessment database, validate conclusions reached in certifiers’ reports.
When evaluating the program, we look for any evidence, whether it’s good, bad or neutral. The way we look at data is designed to be rigorous, to account for information gaps. Despite this, we acknowledge that bias is hard to avoid, so we make our evaluation methodologies and data available to all. Please contact a member of the Strategic Research team if you would like access to our data.
The MSC Monitoring and Evaluation framework reflects a commitment to rigorous, systematic and transparent methods of tracking and evaluating the impacts of the MSC program.The Monitoring and Evaluation framework seeks to understand the if the MSC's Theory of Change is effective.
MSC Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Reports describe a series of indicators representing the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. These indicators reflect diverse aspects of the MSC program and aid in evaluating whether the MSC is delivering on its vision, mission, and Theory of Change for the production of sustainable seafood.
The MSC Monitoring and Evaluation framework was developed in a 2006 within a multi-stakehoder workshop. It was expanded through a public consultation process in 2011.
ISEAL sets the global movement of sustainability standards. As part of the ISEAL standard setting community, the Monitoring and Evaluation framework meets the detailed monitoring and evaluation requirements set by the ISEAL code of best practice.
For 20 over years fisheries, scientists, consumers and industry have been part of a collective effort to make sure our oceans are fished sustainably.
Our research collaborations deepen our understanding of sustainable fishing and supply chain traceability.
Fish is an important source of food and income for communities around the world. For many people, sustainable fishing is a necessity, not a luxury.
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