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Many people trust that the fish they buy with the MSC blue label are sustainably caught and that destructive fishing methods, high levels of bycatch, dolphin encirclement, or even illegal finning of sharks are excluded. In reality, many fisheries are [...]

The paper in Marine Policy describes more facts and the risks observers face   while on board of fishing vessels. Download PDF 

The EU Fisheries Commissioner has been warned by members of the scientific community that Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna is being overfished by the industrial fleet of the EU. In 2016, IOTC adopted an interim plan for rebuilding the yellowfin stock, [...]

On the 25th of March, the MSC published their Fisheries Certification Process V2.2 and the Pre-assessment reporting template V3.2. WWF criticized the lack of reforms made to the Certification Process saying "WWF will continue to both advocate for improvement by the MSC and [...]

PNA has not explained how it will continue its MSC operations without any observers - 100% observer coverage is required to verify free-school catches and to ensure compliance with the shark finning ban. https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2020/03/26/western-pacific-tuna-fleet-asks-pna-to-operate-without-observers-as-pandemic-hits/

The draft assessment report is now available for commenting. Stakeholders who want to submit comments should contact SCS Global service no later than 5pm GMT, 25 May 2020. WPSTA Western and Central Pacific skipjack and yellowfin free-school purse seine assessment documents. The [...]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no IOTC observers will be deployed on fishing vessels. However, this will not prevent the continuation of fishing operations and at-sea transshipment activities under the established structure of the ROP. On 31 March the fishing [...]

A sharp decline in biomass linked to climate change prompted the suspension of the certificate. https://www.intrafish.com/fisheries/marine-stewardship-council-certificate-pulled-from-pacific-cod-fishery/2-1-769081

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 [...]

Norway's electronic auction house for pelagic species, Norges Sildesalgslag, has not seen any impact on prices to the fishermen from either the coronavirus outbreak or the ongoing issues around Atlantic Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificates thus far, sales director Knut [...]