date:Aug 08, 2012
The assessment by Global Trust will evaluate the fishery against the MSC principles and criteria for sustainable fishing and, if successful, lobster from the fishery will be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel.
The fishery is conducted in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 22 within the Northwest Atlantic Canadian Lobster Stock Complex. The client for the assessment is L'Association des pcheurs des les-de-la-Madeleine, or translated in English, Magdalen Islands Fishermen's Association. Landings for LFA 2