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Undercurrent News, 18 Jan 2021 (behind paywall, free trial) Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) reports that Indonesian crew abandoned ship in Suva claiming they haven’t been paid for a year, had minimum access to communications, and no shore access as [...]

Economist, 4 Dec 2020 This article discusses the efficacy of the MSCs requirements around shark finning and draws attention to some of the limitations and general lack of enforcement of their Fins Naturally Attached (FNA) requirements. Interestingly, the article states [...]

27 Nov 2020 The introduction of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in tuna fisheries has resulted in economic gains, it has come at a high ecological cost and an increase in IUU activities from unregulated and drifting FADs and suggest ‘introducing [...]

(18 June, Intrafish) The members of the Make Stewardship Count coalition have warned the eco-label that it will be closely watching the Standard review process, especially regarding issues with shark finning (calling on the organization to implement a Fins Naturally [...]

NGO coalition Make Stewardship Count eyeing MSC during new review process (16 June, Seafood Source) Make Stewardship Count, an international watchdog group has vowed to observe the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) review of its global fishery certification standard closely, to [...]

Die Koalition “Make Stewardship Count”, darunter auch die Aktionsgemeinschaft Artenschutz (AGA) e.V., fordert, das MSC Ecolabel und seinen globalen Zertifizierungsstandard dahingehend zu verbessern, dass Shark Finning wirkungsvoll verhindert wird und der Beifang von vom Aussterben bedrohten Walen und Delphinen aufhört. [...]

Zum Start der anstehenden Überprüfung seines globalen Zertifizierungsstandards für Fischerei erhält das Marine Stewardship Council, der Zertifizierer von nachhaltigem Fisch und Meeresfrüchten, von den über 90 Mitgliedern der Make Stewardship Count Koalition eine eindringliche Warnung, dass die Koalition den Prozess [...]

The report finds overfishing has increased from 33.1% percent of wild stocks in 2018 to 34.2% percent in 2020. MSCount: The MSC claims there are "encouraging signs" in the recently released report despite this report indicating that overfishing is on [...]

The FAO revealed that some 34.2% of global stocks in 2020 are overfished and “biologically unsustainable”, a level that has increased by 3.3% since 2018. However, the fraction of fish stocks, by number, that are fished at a biologically sustainable [...]

Walmart said that as of July 2020 it is moving to source it is US private label canned tuna brand ‘Great Value’ from MSC fisheries or those with “time-bound” FIPs that are “actively working toward certification”. MSCount: While we appreciate [...]