date:Aug 24, 2012
rk (mostly small-scale and data-limited fisheries). The sample of stocks analysed was weighted towards fisheries from developed nations where stock assessments are regularly carried out. About 85 per cent of MSC certified landings (about 8.0 million tonnes) was represented by the stocks analysed in this study.
The analysis and monitoring of the status of fish stocks under the MSC programme is part of a broader monitoring and evaluation strategy aimed at implementing statistically rigorous indi