MSC ecolabel sustainable fishery News
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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, will now be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel. “This is the first Estonian fishery to achieve MSC certification and we look forward to welcoming ...
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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 labelled canned skipjack tuna from the Central and Western Pacific oceans where the MSC certified sustainable Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) ...
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Blue Mussel Fishers of Lower Saxony Achieve MSC Certification for Sustainable Fishing
After two years of independent scientific analysis, the blue mussel fishers of the ‘Niedersächsische Muschelfischer GbR’ are entitled to mark their catch with the internationally recognised MSC ecolabel for sustainable fishing. Certification to the MSC standard verifies that there are sufficient mussels for the future, marine ecosystems remain intact and that management rules ...
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MSC congratulates: North Sea saithe catch recertified as sustainable
Kutterfisch-Zentrale, a German fishery based in Cuxhaven, has demonstrated once again that it is possible to fish responsibly and sustainably, even at a grand scale. The fishery has once again been awarded the MSC ecolabel for sustainable and well-managed fisheries for its North Sea saithe catch. Kutterfisch-Zentrale is one of the biggest producers and processors of North Sea fish in Germany. It ...
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Fisheries certification update: November 2013
Collectively, the fisheries certified since our last newsletter bring an estimated additional 880,000 tonnes of fish into the market with the potential to carry the MSC label. They include whitefish, shellfish, herring form several fisheries and toothfish. Whitefish certifications welcomed by buyers The Russian Sea of Okhotsk walleye pollock fishery, which provides fillets, surimi and roe for ...
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