An increased focus on sustainable seafood has created a market for third-party sustainability certification. However, many people believe that it would be better if Norway took care of this itself. Scientists have evaluated in a new project the possibility of establishing Norwegian sustainability certification.
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is by far the largest and most well-known certification agency for seafood. It has created an ecolabel that producers can use on their products when they have been granted a certificate. The label “guarantees” that the seafood has been harvested in a sustainable manner, and that the fish has been taken from a sustainable population.
Some countries, such as Iceland and some regions, such as Alaska, have an additional strategy to document sustainability, and have developed their own certification programmes.
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