Sunday, 5 February 2012
MSC - WHY BECOME CERTIFIED

Becoming MSC Certified - The Benefits

To harness consumer power, certified parties are able to display the internationally recognised MSC Ecolabel.

The Ecolabel may be used "off product" to advertise sustainable management and/or "on product' to advertise sustainabley fished seafood.

Certification promotes the following benefits:

Independent recognition

Sustainable fishery management

Improved environmental credentials

Stability of supply, assuring the future of the fishery

Management improvement

Opening new markets

Preferred supplier status

Improving relations with industry and public interest groups

Establishing best practise, securing future access to the fishery

Establishing a firm basis for future research into the fishery