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Northern cod fishery to enter assessment
The Northern Cod fishery announces plans to enter full MSC assessment against the standard for environmentally responsible and sustainable fishing in a milestone moment, according to MSC Chief Executive.
- Public consultation on revisions to the MSC’s fisheries program (26 June 2025)
- MSC responds to new fisheries stock data from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (11 June 2025)
- Response to Nature article on tuna fisheries and forced labour (Sept 24 2024)
- MSC moves ahead with plan for updated Version of Fisheries Standard (25 June 2024)
- MSC responds to latest State of World
Fisheries and Aquaculture report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) report (7 June 2024)
- Revised implementation of the MSC Fisheries Standard 3.0 (31 January 2024)
- MSC appoints new Chair (24 January 2024)
- Response to 'On the Hook's' Review of the MSC (June 2023)
- Statement on State of Alaska Commissioner’s letter (2 June 2023)
- Response to 'Canned Brutality' report by Bloom (18 May 2023)
- MSC calls on States to urgently ratify the the High Seas Treaty (6 March 2023)
- Response to Human Rights at Sea February 2023 report
