Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

🙌📢 Good news! We’ve announced this year’s #OceanStewardshipFund projects and this year, we’ve awarded 32 grants worth nearly £1 million to fisheries and projects worldwide! 🔗 Find out more about this year’s projects: https://bit.ly/3sCKA66 #SustainableFishing

#Medfish ¡4 proyectos para mejorar la pesca en el Mediterráneo! 🌊📊 Desde 2015, Medfish ha apoyado la mejora de la gestión pesquera en el Mediterráneo. Gracias a la Fundación MAVA y al Ocean Stewardship Fund de Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), se han financiado 4 proyectos en España. ¿Sabes cuáles son? 🦐 Proyecto #Aristock | Gamba roja en Palamós. Colabora: ICM-CSIC 🐟 Proyecto #SEINE-ETP | Pequeños pelágicos en Castellón. Colabora: ICM-CSIC 🐋 Proyecto #Corytrack | Llampuga en el Mediterráneo. Colaboran: IMEDEA - Institut Mediterrani d'estudis Avançats y IEO-CSIC 🖥️ Proyecto #DatAlboran | Software para una pesca más eficaz en el mar de Alborán. Colaboran: OPP85 y la ONG SoldeCocos Si deseas conocer más detalles, visita #ProyectoMedfish y descubre cómo contribuye hacia la creación de un #Mediterraneo más #Azul: https://bit.ly/3w1E8Kg #Med4Ever #OSF #MAVA

🦞🌊 Papua New Guinea's free-diving rock lobster fishers harvest their catch by hand. Their traditional, selective technique has helped their fishery to become the island nation’s first small-scale fishery to achieve certification for sustainability. Hailing from Daru Island, the fishery is a small enterprise comprised of just seven boats, each with around six fishers onboard. The fishers dive into the waters of the Torres Strait, holding their breath or using hookahs that supply surface air via a hose. The fishery’s artisanal approach ensured it scored highly when assessed for sustainability against the MSC Fisheries Standard in late 2023. As the fishers hand-select each lobster, they can identify and leave enough mature lobsters to replenish the stock, ensuring sustainable practices that honor the deep connection between the people and the sea. Learn More: https://bit.ly/4cEMcUM #Freedive #Sustainablefishing #MSCBlueFishTick

📅 We hosted a side event at #COFI36 with the Government of Indonesia and MSC experts on how barriers to #SustainableFishing can be overcome by using certification tools like the MSC standard. 🔗 Find out more about our work with small-scale fisheries: https://bit.ly/3WfNBex #SustainableSeafood #MSCecolabel | FAO | Government of Indonesia | @Alberto Martín Aristín | @Usmawati Anggita Sakti |

The FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is the largest global gathering of policymakers, experts and partners in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. This week’s (8-12 July) #COFI36 meeting will focus on the vital role of fisheries and aquaculture in tackling food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty, stressing their ability to alleviate hunger, drive sustainable growth, and reverse environmental degradation. "An increasingly expanding global aquaculture sector is driving the supply of fish and fishery products to new records. In 2022, aquaculture overtook capture fisheries as the main supplier of aquatic animals. Ensuring the expansion of sustainable aquaculture is of fundamental importance for consumers,” QU Dongyu, the Director-General of FAO. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dcWNjnhf   #BlueTransformation #SOFIA2024

In South Australia’s Coorong region, Ngarrindjeri people have been sustainably harvesting kuti (aka pipis, clams or cockles) for many hundreds of generations.   Kuti Co is a Ngarrindjeri-owned enterprise working in partnership with @Goolwa PipiCo, the largest quota holder within the Marine Stewardship Council certified Lakes and Coorong pipi fishery, to harvest Kuti. It’s a profitable fishing business, and it’s providing opportunities for Ngarrindjeri to get back on country.   Thank you to all from the Ngarrindjeri community and Kuti Co. who shared their stories in this film for past, present, and future generations.   Kuti Co, Ngarrindjeri and Narungga artist @cedric_varcoe_art Ngarrindjeri Elders from the singing group @nannasdeadly   #NAIDOC2024 #KeepTheFireBurning #MSCBlueFishTick  

❔🎣 Sustainable fishers in the MSC program have been working hard over the last 3 years! 🔗 https://bit.ly/3U83iDD and we’ll also share the answer soon! #SustainableFishing #MoreFish #MSCecolabel

🍎 📢 Teachers, educators, and students! This Sunday 7th July marks the beginning of NAIDOC week and we are excited to share First Nations Lessons through our Saltwater Schools. Education plays a crucial role in preserving and celebrating culture, and we welcome you to explore these free lessons which provide teaching resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures as well as Sustainability objectives. Learn Dharawal language, delve into sea country stories, and engage with sustainable fishing practices. Immerse yourself in the history, and lessons that keep the cultural fire burning! 🔥 Discover more: Saltwater Schools: https://bit.ly/3zASqGr All resources align with Version 9 of the ACARA Australian Curriculum. @Gujaga Foundation @SA Maritime @Sutherland AECG @GoolwaPipiCo @LauraWells #NAIDOC2024 #KeepTheFireBurning #MSCBlueFishTick

The Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO) Shetland inshore brown crab and scallop fishery demonstrates how it’s possible to fish sustainably while protecting sensitive seabed habitats at the same time. To try and ensure that their boats don’t damage the vulnerable local habitats, that are home to species like horse mussels and maerl (a delicate seaweed), the fishery constantly reviews which areas to avoid. And, vessels over 12 metres are all with Vessel Monitoring Systems, to enable the SSMO to better understand where the vessels are fishing. Thanks to a close collaboration between the fishery and Heriot-Watt University, the marine environment is better protected. Now, you can be assured that these fishermen are landing their catch with care, while avoiding sensitive habitats and species. Read more about this and other improvements to UK fisheries in our State of the Water report here https://bit.ly/3rmpYo5

How a tropical destination in the Indian Ocean became a sustainable tuna triumph, breathing new live into the Maldives economy and its local communities. Watch the video  📺