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MSC Opens Consultations to Ban Certification of ‘Compartmentalized’ Fisheries, Like Free School Tuna

By March 5, 2019March 6th, 2019No Comments


The Marine Stewardship Council is taking steps to ban the practice of certified fisheries also participating in non-certified fisheries on the same trip. This was the issue that came up nearly ten years ago when the first Pacifical tuna fisheries were certified, with the requirement that vessels segregate catches from free school tuna (which had a certificate) and catches from FAD tuna, which did not. Skipjack tuna caught with FADS is not eligible for MSC certification due to the high bycatch of… Read more (seafoodnews.com)

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