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Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) News
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Raymond Blanc turns detective for new animated series
Top chef, Raymond Blanc OBE, has turned detective for a new series of short animations about sustainable fish. The Chef Patron of Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons has followed Inspector Clouseau, turning in a cartoon super-sleuth to investigate ...
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London’s first certified sustainable traditional fish and chip shop
London Fish & Chips in Covent Garden, is the first traditional fish and chip shop in the capital to be MSC certified, proudly boasting the blue ‘Certified sustainable seafood’ ecolabel on its menus. The MSC label means that the fish ...
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Americas region fishery update
Since our last newsletter in September, one fishery was certified, one was re-certified and three entered full assessment in the Americas region. The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop fishery, the highest landed value fishery in the United States, ...
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MSC Certified Whitby`s Quayside fish & chip shop named best in Britain - twice!
Pride, passion and ‘proper’ fish and chips proved a winning recipe for 50-year-old family-run Quayside as it scooped not one but TWO awards at the National Fish and Chip Awards 2014 yesterday – and is now officially the UK’s ...
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Partner release: Binghamton University Dining Services by Sodexo Earns Marine Stewardship Council Sustainable Seafood Certification
Binghamton University, in conjunction with its dining services partner, Sodexo, the leading provider of Quality of Life Services, today announced achieving Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification, becoming the first State ...
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U.S. east coast scallop fishery receives MSC certification
The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) fishery has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable, well-managed fisheries following an independent assessment conducted by Intertek Moody Marine. The ...
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MSC launches new film to engage developing world fisheries
The MSC has launched its new film Our Fisheries, Our Future: Sustainable Fishing in the Developing World. This is the latest initiative support the positive transformation of seafood resources management in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and ...
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MSC welcomes Commonwealth Games Food Charter
The MSC has welcomed the Commonwealth Games Food Charter, the document that will guide and govern procurement of all food for the 2014 Games in Glasgow. The MSC’s Claire Pescod said: “The Commonwealth Games are going to have a huge ...
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DNA results confirm supply chain integrity for MSC certified sustainable seafood
Results of the latest round of independent DNA testing on MSC labelled products show over 99% were correctly labelled. Of 320 samples tested, only three were found to be mislabelled. When seafood is sold with the MSC ecolabel, every business in the ...
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Low discard Faroese cold water prawn fishery wins MSC certificate
The Faroese North East Arctic cold water prawn (Pandalus borealis) fishery has been MSC certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. The fishery certification was coordinated by Maresco A/S, a Danish company specialising in shellfish, and ...
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Only the best for the Captain’s Table
The Captains’ Table Seafood Restaurant in Cleethorpes has become MSC certified. Fish and chip fans in the Grimsby, Cleethorpes and surrounding Lincolnshire area can now enjoy the finest MSC certified sustainable cod and haddock direct from the ...
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Rio 2016 to Support MSC and ASC Certified Seafood
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games today announced a comprehensive agreement to promote Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified seafood at the 2016 Rio Games. This ...
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Spanish association Agarba achieves MSC certification for its Barents Sea cod fishery
28th November 2013: The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) [1] has today announced that Agarba has been awarded MSC certification for its Barents Sea cod fishing operations. From now on, cod (Gadus morhua) caught by Agarba can bear the MSC blue fish ...
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First Estonian prawn fishery certified sustainable
After a year-long scientific assessment, the Estonian prawn fishery has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. Prawns from the Barents Sea fishery, sold in Scandinavia, throughout Europe, Russia, Japan and China, ...
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Chilean Juan Fernández rock lobster fishery begins MSC full assessment process
On the same day that marks the 439th anniversary of the discovery of the Juan Fernández islands, the Juan Fernández rock lobster (Jasus frontalis) fishery has entered into independent, third-party assessment in the Marine Stewardship ...
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MSC launches fisheries science research library
The MSC has launched a new online fisheries science research library, MSC Science Series, which will provide open access to the science that underpins the MSC standards. The series will present the latest research on issues relating to fishery ...
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Polish cod fishers break new ground with MSC
The Eastern Baltic cod fishery has become the first fishery from Poland to enter into assessment against the MSC standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries. If successful, the fishery will be eligible to show the blue MSC ecolabel on ...
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Chilean mussel fishery gains MSC certification
First Chilean fishery certified The Chilean mussel (Mytilus chilensis) fishery and suspended culture has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable, well-managed fisheries following an independent assessment ...
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MSC labelled Pacific skipjack tuna arrives in Europe
The world’s largest tuna fishery, the PNA skipjack tuna free school purse seine fishery, will be delivering the MSC labelled skipjack tuna from the Pacific into Europe in November 2013. Austrian retailer, SPAR, are the first to offer MSC ...
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Small-scale Swedish freshwater fishery gains international recognition through MSC
The Swedish small-scale pike-perch fishery has been successfully re-assessed against the MSC environmental standard, and can once again be sold to key European fresh fish markets with the blue ecolabel. Overcoming challenges The fishery was the ...