The MSC: measuring fisheries sustainability and the implications for ICES ...

• Main Authors: Hoggarth, Daniel D., Oloruntuyi, Oluyemisi, Stern-Pirlot, Amanda
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2010 - Theme session D 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25068719; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_MSC_measuring_fisheries_sustainability_and_the_implications_for_ICES/25068719

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has pioneered the development of fishery certification and achieved rapid growth in its first 10 years. In North Atlantic (ICES) waters and around the world,more and more industry clients are entering assessment against the MSC programme, with the aim of demonstrating their green credentials and to gain access to the MSC eco-label. This paper emphasizes the need for information to be available for these fisheries, relating to the status of target stocks, and on bycatch species, habitats, and the wider ecosystem. The paper describes how the MSC has evolved since it was established 10 years ago, and outlines the MSC fisheries and supply chain standards and methodologies. The scope of the programme now includes ”enhanced fisheries” usually involving some combination of wild harvest and culture. MSC’s new risk-based framework has also improved accessibility of the programme to small-scale and data-limited ...