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The Marine Stewardship Council, whose blue check mark is a global symbol of seafood sustainability, has been forced to pause and rework its new fisheries standards after complaints from Canadian and other fisheries organizations.
Debates and discussions at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, as witnessed by the Marine Stewardship Council.
Posted: Dec 11, 2020 8:35 PM AT | Last Updated: December 12, 2020 The Marine Stewardship Council says inshore lobster fishing poses a low risk to the endangered North Atlantic right whale.(Michael Dwyer/Associated Press) Inshore lobster fishing in Canada's Maritime provinces poses a low risk to critically endangered right whales, according to the latest assessment prepared for the Marine Stewardship Council. The fishery — conducted by 5,494 licence holders — is nearing the end of a regularly scheduled evaluation to recertify that it is environmentally sustainable. The inshore lobster fl...