The Marine Stewardship Council (abbreviated as MSC, in Russian - IPU ) is an international independent non-profit organization setting standards for sustainable fisheries to address the global problem of overfishing, leading to depletion of world fish stocks.
| Marine Stewardship Council | |
|---|---|
| Type of | Non-profit organization |
| Year of foundation | and |
| Founders | and |
| Location | Marine House, 1 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2DH, United Kingdom |
| Key figures |
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| Number of employees | about 120 |
| Website | msc.org |
As a result of the activities of MSC, certification of marine biological resource management was created. The certification system of the Marine Stewardship Council uses international rules and norms, including UN documents [1] , developed universal and globally recognized principles for the sustainable management of marine bioresources and fishing enterprises, and MSC successfully implements them in different countries of the world.
For a responsible approach to the exploitation of marine biological resources, MSC gives the manufacturer the right to label products with his own mark, which indicates the conformity of these products to environmental standards of extraction and processing. The buyer, choosing certified products, supports sustainable fishing without compromising the reproduction of fish stocks. [2]
Content
- 1 History
- 2 MSC fishing assessment
- 3 MSC in Russia
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Beginning History
The MSC mark [3] was established in 1997 by Unilever and the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ), the largest importer of fish products in the world. In 1999, MSC became an independent organization that developed a program of ecological certification of fisheries. The world's first MSC certificate was issued in 2000 in Australia.
MSC fishing assessment
The MSC technique involves the assessment of fishing by three groups of criteria:
- stock status;
- the impact of fishing on stocks and the environment;
- fishery management system.
Each group includes a number of indicators, in total, there are about 30 of them, each of which is evaluated on a 100-point scale. The assessment is carried out by a group of experts from recognized fisheries experts. If any indicator gains less than 80 points, the fishing company receives the so-called “condition for fulfillment”, which is mandatory and is aimed at improving the environmental friendliness of the company’s activities on this indicator. The fulfillment of the conditions set is checked as a result of the annual audit . [4] In total, the annual total catch of marine biological resources by MSC certified fisheries is more than 5 million tons. They produce more than 2.5 thousand kinds of seafood in the world. Food-grade fish represented 42% of the world salmon catch, 40% of the main white fish species and 18% of the world lobster catch. [5]
MSC in Russia
In Russia, the first certification for compliance with MSC standards in September 2009 was the fishing of pink salmon and chum salmon on about. Iturup (on sites along the northern coast of the island in the Kuril Bay and in the Gulf of Prostor), which is operated by ZAO Gidrostroy. [6] In November 2010, the Cod and Haddock fisheries in the Barents Sea were certified. The certificate is valid for the entire catch of cod and haddock harvested by sixteen fishing trawlers owned by Russian companies based in Murmansk : Rybprominvest OJSC, Alternativa LLC, Murmansk Trawl Fleet OJSC, MTF-1 OJSC, MTF- LLC 4 ”, OJSC“ Karat ”, OJSC“ Karat-1 ”, OJSC“ Fishing company Sogra ”. In 2009, the catch volume of these vessels was 65,535 tons of cod and 23,837 tons of haddock. Thus, about 30% of the Russian national catch quotas for cod and about 30% of the Russian national catch quotas for haddock of the Barents Sea can be sold with the MSC mark on packaging around the world for the next five years. [4] In September 2013, one of the largest fisheries, the pollock trawl fishery in the Sea of Okhotsk, received MSC certification. The certification was commissioned by the NGO Pollock Prospectors Association. According to the WWF Russian Maritime Program, in our country the most promising for certification are saury fishing using new fishing techniques using pick-up; longline cod and halibut fishing; trapping for crab, shrimp and trumpeter; salmon fishing with fixed nets; coastal, multi-species fishing by small fleet. Of the potential ones - cod fishing using traps, which is quite widely used in the USA, but practically unknown in Russia. [7]
See also
- World Wildlife Fund
Notes
- ↑ V.A. Spiridonov, K.A. Zgurovsky. Environmental certification of marine fisheries, or information for fishermen who do not want their children and grandchildren to be left without fish. - 2nd ed. - Vladivostok: Rus. Yaz., 2007 .-- 28 p.
- ↑ Spiridonov V. Fish with a guarantee // Panda Times, 2005. No. 6 (December)
- ↑ Fish Friday: "Our Fisheries, Our Future"
- ↑ 1 2 Ecological certification of the Russian fishing for the Barents Sea cod, haddock according to MSC standards: what is WWF opinion
- ↑ MSC fishing companies
- ↑ The chum and pink salmon fisheries on Iturup Island are certified by the Marine Stewardship Council
- ↑ How to implement certification in Russia (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 23, 2015. Archived May 11, 2015.
Literature
- Smirnova E.V. Ecological labeling. A guide for businessmen and thoughtful buyers. - M.: Green Book, 2012.