THE Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has opened an office in South Africa and hired new staff to expand its fishery certification and seafood eco-labelling program for wild capture fisheries in the Southern Africa Development Community.
The MSC states: “Nearly 10 million Africans depend on the fishing industry for their livelihoods. In order to secure incomes, the continent’s fish stocks and marine ecosystems need to be preserved.”
Hake is already approved by the MSC which is looking for many other fisheries to be put forward for certification.
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