date:May 12, 2014
presenting 10.5% of the worlds wild-capture fisheries.
Furthermore, MSC has recorded more than 450 improvements in fisheries to date and is planning this year to release a second Global Impacts report with greater detail of these and new improvements.
MSC sources explained that as a result of certification, environmental gains also include quota reductions, ring-fencing of fishing grounds, by-catch management and a 90% reduction in total seabird mortality thanks to the deployment of streamer l