Celebrating Sustainable Seafood: Marine Stewardship Council’s Annual Report 2022-23

October 18, 2023 Marine Stewardship Council

2022-23 has been another landmark year. Over 15 million tonnes, or 19%, of all wild marine catch now comes from fisheries involved with the MSC program and our new strategic plan reaffirms our goal to increase this to over a third of wild-caught seafood by 2030.

Urgent International Collaboration Needed to Safeguard our Ocean, says MSC

October 12, 2023 Marine Stewardship Council

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the non-profit responsible for the world’s leading sustainable seafood ecolabel, is calling on global leaders to recognize the vital role of sustainable fishing in delivering urgent progress to safeguard our ocean, livelihoods, and food supplies.  

New Report Urges Urgent and Comprehensive New Approach to Secure Quota Sharing for North East Atlantic Pelagics

Coastal State governments need to urgently adopt a comprehensive new approach to reach an agreement on quota sharing for key north east Atlantic pelagic fish stocks, a new report commissioned by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has found. 

New Report Released by On The Hook Details Sector-Wide Concerns About Marine Stewardship Council

June 19, 2023 On The Hook

London – The On The Hook campaign has published the findings of its yearlong external review of the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Standard and operations. The report presents a wide range of concerns from a

The American Shrimp Processors Association Pursues Both MSC and CSC RFM Certifications

The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) is excited to announce that it has contracted with Global Trust Certification, Ltd. to complete sustainability assessments of the entire Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery for both the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Certified Seafood Collaborative (CSC) Responsible Fisheries Management certifications. MSC is the leading sustainable fisheries certification and ecolabeling program for wild-caught seafood throughout the world.