There’s a very good reason the Alaska salmon fishery quit the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-label program last week -- the fishery likely wouldn’t have passed the pending recertification this year.
Not because there is anything unsustainable about the Alaska salmon fishery. No. The reason the fishery might not have passed is because the MSC keeps changing the test.
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This has been a constant and ongoing complaint about the MSC program almost since its inception, contrary to what anyone at the MSC will tell you.
