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Comment: MSC falls into ‘worst tendency’ with blog debut

The MSC needs to get beyond its blatant puffery to a more down to earth discussion of the real sustainability issues in specific fisheries

By SeafoodNews.com | Feb. 20, 2014 19:00 GMT
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By John Sackton, Seafood News

The MSC is in a difficult spot. On the one hand, it is a business whose revenues depend on logo fees and licenses granted to fisheries which meet its certification standard. On the other hand, it is a major NGO non-profit which purports to support global seafood sustainability [...]

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