World Oceans Day: Marine Stewardship Council Encourages Consumers to Look for the Blue Fish Label to Protect Our Big Blue Future

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a non-profit whose sole mission is to make sure wild seafood is around forever, is celebrating UN World Oceans Day (June 8) by kicking off its ‘Little Blue Label, Big Blue Future’ campaign.

Fairtrade Tuna Fishery in Indonesia Achieves Certificate for Sustainability

A small-scale Indonesian fishery operating on small one or two-man boats using hooks and lines has successfully demonstrated its sustainability to the globally recognised standard set by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). The North Buru and Maluku Fair Trade Fishing Association tuna fishery is the first handline yellowfin tuna fishery in the world and the second in Indonesia to be certified to the MSC Fisheries Standard.

MSC Response to Bloom Report

A paper published in Plos One, and the associated communications by the French NGO, Bloom are deeply misleading.

MSC Funds Ocean Projects To Tackle Ghost Gear and Protect Threatened Species

Grants totaling more than £650,000 have been awarded to fisheries and research projects working to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies.

Sustainable Tuna Success as Demand Soars

Sales of certified sustainable tuna have more than doubled in the last five years, according to a new report published today by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).