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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 [...]

December 4th, CBC With the current 5 year certification about to run out for Clearwater, the company drops out of the certification “voluntarily”. The question arises if it is to avoid possible shortcomings for a recertification? Read the full story [...]

December 15h, Intrafish Danish feed supplier Biomar will stop purchasing Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting until a "credible initiative" is in place to move the fisheries back toward recertification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. Read the full story.

December 11th, CBC With the end of their MSC certification nearing, the lobster fishery in the Canadian Maritime region has to qualify again. Although the article indicates that the fishery is “sailing toward sustainability”, and that all that is needed [...]

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 [...]

November 23rd, MSC The MSC issued a press release announcing that it had joined the call on the WTO to end harmful fishing subsidies this year. Frédéric Le Manach, the Scientific Director for coalition member Bloom, describes this as ‘pure [...]

November 3rd, Seafood Source MSCount: With this suspension, the requirement for 100% observer coverage on MSC-certified PNA fleets to ensure separation of FAD catch from free school catches is not being met... Read more

October 2nd, Fish Information & Services The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) – an environmental not-for-profit which sets a global standard for sustainable fishing – says there has been encouraging progress in the shift towards sustainably produced seafood, but that momentum has to [...]

October 2nd, Undercurrent News Make Stewardship Count: Celebrating those supermarkets that are full in line with MSCs approach while ignoring that an increasing number of supermarkets raise concerns about MSC's unwillingness to follow best science and globally accepted best practice [...]