The main consumer-targeted certification scheme for sustainable fisheries is failing to protect the environment and needs radical reform, say Jennifer Jacquet, Daniel Pauly and colleagues.
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The Sea Around Us Project is funded by the Pew Charitable Trust, whose conservation arm, the Pew Environment Group, objected both to the pollock and the Antarctic krill certification.
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Jacquet, J., Pauly, D., Ainley, D. et al. Seafood stewardship in crisis. Nature 467, 28–29 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467028a
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Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza
Sir, I dont know of any compelling evidence that the eastern Bering sea pollock trawling does not impact irreversibly the ocean floor. The MSC certification may very well be moot.It looks just as another free market self serving instance to allow the continued exploitation of already decimated oceans. Regulated free market will not solve the problem.
Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza
Sir, I dont know of any compelling evidence that the eastern Bering sea pollock trawling does not impact irreversibly the ocean floor. The MSC certification may very well be moot.It looks just as another free market self serving instance to allow the continued exploitation of already decimated oceans. Regulated free market will not solve the problem.