MSC Suspends Certificate of Gulf of St. Lawrence Snow Crab Fishery Due to Right Whale Deaths
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] - March 20, 2018
On Tuesday the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) announced that certifier SAI Global (SAIG) has suspended the MSC certificate for the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence snow crab fishery. Due to the 2017 right whale mortalities in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the snow crab fishery “no longer meets the MSC Fishery Standard related to Endangered Threatened and Protected species,” and therefore landings from specific areas cannot be sold as ...
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