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WWF to MSC: Review all tuna assessments or lose consumer confidence

‘Rigor applied to the Echebastar assessment must apply to other assessments, to do otherwise would be a perversion of the system and result in loss of consumer confident in the MSC brand,’ says WWF

By Tom Seaman | Oct. 8, 2015 08:52 BST
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Taprobane tuna; Seafood Expo Global, May 2015, Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Miriam Okarimia/ Undercurrent News
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) followed fishing firm Pesqueras Echebastar in calling on the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to review assessments of all tuna fisheries [...]

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