MSC sets stage for Trident group, ASPA mediation

Last week, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) first offered to mediate a growing dispute about the sharing of its certificate for the Alaska salmon fishery, saying solving the matter was urgent.

Now, the certification body is saying it has done its part, and the rest is up to the two battling parties, the Alaska Salmon Processors Association (ASPA) and Seattle-based Trident Seafoods.

"The MSC has provided a list of possible mediators for negotiations and offered to coordinate and pay for this facilitation service," Michaela Vivero, Americas communications manager at MSC, told IntraFish.

"It