Fisheries Administration and Lagislation

10.4. Sustainable Fishing

Unit 10 - International law of the sea

10.4. Sustainable Fishing- Marine Stewardship Council- BLUE ECOLABEL
The concept of Sustainable Fishing must a part of the course. A study can be made of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) which is an independent non-profit organization with an ecolabel and fishery certification programme. Fisheries that are assessed and meet the standard can use the MSC blue ecolabel. The MSC mission is to 'reward sustainable fishing practices’. When fish is bought that has the blue MSC ecolabel, it should indicate that this fishery operates in an environmentally responsible way and does not contribute to the global environmental problem of overfishing. As of the end of 2010, more than 1,300 fisheries and companies had achieved a Marine Stewardship Council certification.