The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is joining industry leaders in criticizing a scientific paper in the journal Marine Policy that alleges a significant percentage of Alaska salmon, crab and pollock entering the Japanese market comes from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries.
"The Alaskan pollock and Alaskan salmon fisheries are certified to both the MSC fisheries and Chain of Custody standards -- rigorous, science-based standards -- and as such it is incomprehensible to imagine any of the allegations in the 'Estimates of illegal and unreported seafood imports to Japan' article have any bearing," Brian Perkins of the MSC, told IntraFish.
