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I assume that some of you have seen the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) label before. It's a label for sustainable fishing, so it's only found on fish products of responsible origin. Excluded, therefore, are practices that cause overfishing and the destruction of marine habitats. According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), 89 % of important fish populations worldwide are either maximally used, overfished, or collapsed. So it's of great importance to know how one's personal fish purchase does not contribute to environmental destruction. Since 1950, human influence has eradicated 90 % of large predator fish populations like salmon, tuna, and cod.

MSC was founded 1997 as a collaboration between Unilever and WWF, and has since then become an independet international non-profit organisation. But it's a subject of harsh criticism.

The first, and most important point of critique, is that the label is handed out too early in the certification process. As soon as a first set of standards is fulfilled, the label is acquired, even if this only consists of plans for the implementation of sustainable practices. The first step is an action plan for how the fishing endeavor will be run sustainably in the FUTURE. Even though the fishing isn't sustainable yet, the products already carry the MSC label.

A different point is that the label can be acquired in spite of desctructive fishing methods, like the use of bottom trawl nets.

Another point is the certification of practices that come with a large amount of bycatch. This bycatch does by no means include a small number of endangered individuals!

Even overfished populations get certified. 2015 there were at least 5 MSC-certified fish populations that counted numbers underneath their safe biological limit!

The organisation claims to be independent, but looking at the business year 2015/16, a whole 73 % of its income came from certification purchases, and only 24 % from non-profit donations. The organisation's incorruptibility is to be questioned.

The last point of critique to be named here is the MSC organisation's inability to certify fishing practices in developing nations and small-scale fishing endeavors, as there is a lack of data documentation in order for the label to be handed out. Only 9 % of MSC labeled fishing endeavors are found in developing nations.Yet, fishing practices of these countries are by no means less sustainable than those of developed nations simply because their states of science and infrastructure are less advanced.

According to Greenpeace (and I agree with them on this wholeheartedly), there is NO quality control label that quarantees a sustainable origin for fish products. All existing labels provide no quarantee that what one buys might not actually be the result of unsustainable practices after all.

My advice: Don't eat fish. 🤓💀🐟

Sources:

https://www.greenpeace.de/biodiversitaet/meere/meeresschutz/greenpeace-position-marine-stewardship-council-msc (German - sorry! I'm sure there's English sources with the same or similar information out there.)

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