MSC Agrees to Ban Practice of Allowing Tuna Vessels to Set on FADS and Still be Certified
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Grocer] by Kevin White January 22, 2018
The Marine Stewardship Council has agreed to strengthen rules around its certification of fisheries after retailers raised concerns over the controversial practice of ‘compartmentalisation’.
Following a meeting of the MSC board this week, the NGO said it would require “all fishing activities on a target stock on a single trip to be certified against the MSC’s standard for sustainable fishing”.
This means MSC-certified fisheries will no longer be able to practice compartmentalisation, which previously enabled fisheries to be certified as sustainable for certain portions of their catch, even if crews also caught non-certified fish using unsustainable practices on the same trip.
“Certified seafood will only enter MSC-certified supply chains if it comes from fishing trips on which all activities on the ...
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