North Sea Brown Shrimp Fishery Achieves MSC Certificate for Sustainability
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Amanda Buckle - December 14, 2017
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has awarded the North Sea Brown shrimp fishery with the MSC certificate for sustainability.
Fishermen, conservation NGOs, government bodies and scientists began working together in 2015 to achieve the MSC certification. A group began developing a management plan for the fishery, which prior to the forming of the collaboration did not exist. No government-regulated fishing quotas or restrictions had been in place.
“The shrimp fishery certification shows that ...
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