The suspension of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificate on northeast Atlantic mackerel could damage public perception of the species, warned Tesco’s responsible sourcing director Giles Bolton. Read also With mackerel already gone, Atlantic herring faces MSC certificate loss .Mackerel saw the certificate suspended in March 2019, despite healthy stocks, because for several years the coastal states fishing on the species have failed to agree a total quota, instead setting unilateral quotas which together exceed the advice set by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea […]
