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What the Olympics did for the oceans

By Jess Telsnig. Durham University As the autumn descends on London, it feels like an age since the Olympics finished. Yet, in the foodservice arena, their effects are still being felt and an event in...

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What’s happening in PNA tuna?

By James Simpson, MSC UK Communications Manager Last week, the Dutch tuna canner, Anova, wrote an open letter to the PNA tuna fishery expressing its support for the MSC certified component that it...

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Learning from the experts in South Sinai

By Christopher Poonian, PhD student at Nottingham University and recipient of an MSC scholarship The warm, blue waters of the serene Egyptian Red Sea surrounding the South Sinai Peninsula are...

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An environmentally sustainable future for English fisheries

By Matt Watson, MSC English Fisheries Outreach Officer On a trip I made to the Isles of Scilly, the local Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) and fishermen were discussing the best...

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Traceability in China

By Alison Roel, MSC Product Integrity Manager At the end of last year, two of us from the product integrity team at MSC, travelled to Qingdao to deliver training to the Certification Bodies on MSC...

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A Fishstory of MSC in 2012

By Toby Middleton, MSC UK Country Manager 2012 was such an iconic year in the UK for so many reasons, plenty of them steeped in national pride, and here at the MSC was no exception. As a market based...

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Shetland scallops: how a dredge fishery got MSC certified

By Claire Pescod, MSC UK Fisheries Outreach Manager One of the things we get asked a lot is “How did a dredge fishery get MSC certified?” It’s a reasonable question. Dredgers don’t have the best...

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Will there be a new ‘Gold rush’ on krill?

By Dr David Agnew, MSC Standards Director There’s been a lot of talk lately about ‘What happens if the krill fishery suddenly grows out of control?’ What’s to stop a bunch of boats tooling up and...

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From North Shields to Berwick, an insight into the Northumberland inshore...

By Matthew Watson, MSC English Fisheries Outreach Officer I have recently spent three days accompanying the Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) on routine patrols along...

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Introducing Murdock the Cat

Hello, my name is Murdock which in Gaelic means Belonging to the Sea. I’m a Fisherman’s cat so it’s no surprise that I’m the mascot for Fish and Kids. This is a great project that gets MSC certified...

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Project Inshore – A view from Defra

By Andy Carroll, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) UK Ministers always seek to ensure that the needs of the inshore fishing fleet are taken into account when making policy...

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The importance of Project Inshore to the future of the inshore fleet, by NUTFA

By Jerry Percy, New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association (NUTFA) When I talk to small scale fisheries about the Marine Stewardship Council, the most common responses I get are that ‘it’s only for big...

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Natural England and Project Inshore

By Rob Whiteley, Natural England Part of Natural England’s role, as the Government’s advisor on the natural environment, is to ensure that our seas are managed sustainably and that biodiversity is...

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By guest blogger, Tracy Cambridge from WWF UK Every now and then a project comes along which gets even me excited about the positive direction fisheries management is taking in different parts of the...

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Reading University’s simple steps to getting MSC certified, thanks to TUCO

By Derek Morten, University of Reading To celebrate the launch of a new, quicker, easier route to MSC certification for members of TUCO (The University Caterers Organisation) Ltd (a purchasing...

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Night fishing on-board the White Heather

By Matt Watson, English Fisheries Outreach Officer, MSC All-nighter. A phrase more commonly associated with parties, students frantically finishing off an essay and now, Cornish sardine fishermen. I...

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We’ve moved…

We’ve now moved to http://blog.msc.org/ why not pay us a visit?

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