MSC-certification

  • Green group call to eat less cod and haddock

    Green group call to eat less cod and haddock

    29th March 2018

    The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has urged consumers to turn away from cod and haddock in favour of eating what it says are more sustainable but less popular species such as herring, dab, Cornish hake and mackerel. This is despite…

  • OSF Orkney brown crab creel fishery begins MSC assessment

    OSF Orkney brown crab creel fishery begins MSC assessment

    19th June 2017

    The Orkney Sustainable Fisheries (OSF) Orkney brown crab creel fishery has reached another milestone on its journey towards certification as a sustainable source of seafood. The fishery will formally enter full assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard…

  • Discards ban threat to MSC certification

    Discards ban threat to MSC certification

    6th March 2017

    The landing obligation/discards ban could represent ‘the biggest push for more selective fishing in the European Union in the history of the CFP’, according to a recent study, reports Tim Oliver. But the study also says that probable weak implementation…

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