Sustainable Fishing | MSC | Marine Stewardship Council
19.3%. of marine wild catch engaged with the MSC program (certified, in assessment, suspended, and in-transition)
What Is Overfishing | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Overfishing occurs when too many fish in a particular stock are caught and there are not enough adults to breed and sustain a healthy population. The level of overfishing has been increasing in recent decades and the number of overfished stocks is now three times higher than in 1970. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization monitors ...
What is hoki | Sustainable fish | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Hoki is a white fish most often found in New Zealand and around Southern Australia, as well off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America. Hoki is also known as blue grenadier, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, whiptail or whiptail hake. They are long sleek fish that grow up to 1.3 metres in length and are found at depths of 10-1000 metres.
Overfishing | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Tackling food waste. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is on a mission to end overfishing and set standards for sustainable fishing and traceability within the seafood supply chain. The MSC aims to engage a third of the total global marine catch in the MSC Program by 2030. When you shop for seafood, look for the MSC blue fish tick label.
What is sustainable fishing | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Sustainable fishing helps maintain healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems and minimises impacts on endangered, threatened, and protected species. All species have a unique role within ocean ecosystems and are part of a balanced food web of predators and prey. The loss of a single species due to overfishing or excessive bycatch can have a knock-on ...
Recent history of bluefin tuna | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Recent history of Atlantic bluefin tuna. Rising demand for bluefin tuna in the 1980s led to overfishing and by the 1990s, it is estimated as much as 50,000 to 61,000 tonnes of bluefin tuna per year were caught in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea – so many that conservation experts said the species was at risk of extinction.
Purse seine | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Purse-seine fishing in open water is generally considered to be an efficient form of fishing. It has no contact with the seabed and can have low levels of bycatch (accidental catch of unwanted species). Purse seines can also be used to catch fish congregating around fish aggregating devices. This fishing method can result in higher levels of ...
What is Bottom Trawling | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Bottom - or demersal - trawling is a fishing method that uses towed nets to catch fish and other marine species living on or close to the seabed. Bottom trawling includes several different types of fishing gear that use a cone-like net with a closed end (cod-end) that holds the catch. The net is towed by one or two boats and held open by boards ...
Climate change and fishing | Marine Stewardship Council - MSC
Changes to the ocean mean changes to fish stocks. To manage fishing sustainably requires adapting to whatever issues climate change brings. In the past 30 years, marine heatwaves are estimated to have increased by more than 50%. Globally, ocean temperatures are predicted to increase by 1-4°C by 2100. These changes are impacting marine life.
MSC label guidelines | Marine Stewardship Council
Size and clear space. The minimum size for the horizontal label is 10mm H x 26.1mm W. The minimum size for the vertical label is 14mm W x 18.8mm H. Always make sure you scale the MSC label up or down proportionately. There is no maximum size restriction for display of the MSC label or its variations.