The MSC approach to low trophic level fisheries ...

• Main Authors: Smith, Tony, Bartholomew, Mat
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2010 - Theme session D 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Krill
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25068713; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_MSC_approach_to_low_trophic_level_fisheries/25068713

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) released a new Fishery Assessment Methodology (FAM) in 2009. Several low trophic level (LTL) fisheries have already been certified within the MSC programme, and several more are under assessment, including Gulf of California sardine and an Antarctic krill fishery. Although the FAM makes special reference to requirements for assessing the sustainability of LTL fisheries, some stakeholders questioned whether further guidance or modification to requirements were required. In response, the MSC established a Low Trophic Level Fisheries Working Group in July 2009 to address this issue. The Working Group has held two workshops of stakeholders to discuss issues concerning certification of LTL fisheries, including selection of appropriate reference points and harvest strategies, appropriate spatial management strategies for central place foragers, and considering the impacts of environmental forcing. As part of the ...