MSC casts wider net for sustainable fishing sector with new 2020 strategy

Madeleine Cuff
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Marine Stewardship Council, which promotes sustainable fishing, wants 20 per cent of the global catch to be certified or engaged in MSC programmes by 2020

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has today unveiled new targets to significantly boost the proportion of sustainably caught seafood around the world as part of a 2020 vision launched to mark the non-profit's...

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