To combat overfishing, our program offers a framework to accelerate progress in sustainable fishing, helping more fisheries become sustainable sooner.

With the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 16) in Cali, Colombia underway, we must confront a critical imbalance: marine ...

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched a new initiative aimed at accelerating progress in sustainable fishing ...

In dit overzicht zie je welke vissoorten in Nederland beschikbaar zijn met het MSC (wild gevangen vis) of ASC (kweekvis) keurmerk. Dit betekent echter niet dat ze in elke winkel of restaurant op ...

Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) skipjack and North Pacific albacore have achieved major milestones in sustainable ...

While companies and organizations around the world have different definitions of sustainable fishing, the MSC definition is widely accepted across borders, among fishery experts, scientists, ...

Many studies have found that seafood, especially wild-caught seafood, can have a much lower carbon footprint than land-based proteins like beef and pork, and even eggs or chicken. Overfishing is a ...

The Chain of Custody Standard provides assurance that all seafood sold with the blue MSC label comes from a fishery that has been certified as sustainable. Seafood products can pass through long and ...

The MSC Fisheries Standard is the leading international benchmark for sustainable fishing and is used to assess if fisheries are well-managed and environmentally sustainable. Our Standard is based on ...

Applications for the Ocean Stewardship Fund 2024-25 are now open. Find out how to apply below. The Ocean Stewardship Fund offers grants to fisheries that are MSC certified or in improvement projects.

Purse seines are used in the open ocean to target dense schools of single-species pelagic (midwater) fish like tuna and mackerel. A vertical net ‘curtain’ is used to surround the school of fish, the ...