1 / 10

The Marine Stewardship Council

James Simpson Communications Officer. The Marine Stewardship Council. World Fisheries – Livelihoods, Economics and Food Security. Fish is the most important traded food product worth US$83 billion per year - more the tea, coffee and sugar combined.

sheena
Download Presentation

The Marine Stewardship Council

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. James Simpson Communications Officer The Marine Stewardship Council

  2. World Fisheries – Livelihoods, Economics and Food Security • Fish is the most important traded food product worth US$83 billion per year - more the tea, coffee and sugar combined. • 200 million people depend directly on the fishing industry for their livelihoods. • The diets of 2.6 billion people depend on fish as a source of animal protein.

  3. Example: The North Atlantic: 1900 The best environmental choice in seafood

  4. Example: The North Atlantic: 1999 The best environmental choice in seafood

  5. Effective Management MSC Standard: 3 Principles Sustainability of the stock Ecosystem Impact

  6. Ocean to Plate Traceability Use of the MSC eco-label on seafood products is permitted only after independent verification that the product is traceable all the way back to a certified fishery

  7. Progress to Date - Supply Side • About 8% of the world’s edible wild capture fisheries are now engaged in the programme - over 90 fisheries • This represents by species category (globally): • 40% of the prime whitefish catch (cod, pollock, hake, haddock, and saithe) • 42% of the wild salmon catch • 50% Scottish landings (by value) • Over 5 million tonnes of seafood in total

  8. Progress to Date - Demand Side • 100% MSC or other sustainable sources • Certified fresh fish counters • Japan: 75 MSC-labelled products in 18 months • The Netherlands: 48 fishmongers certified (Dutch Association of Food Retail)

  9. MSC-labelled products as at 31 Dec 2007

  10. Thank you. www.msc.org

More Related