MSC certification has been a positive step for Urk-based Osprey Trawlers -- which operates four trawlers and seine netters, all of which are now MSC certified for the summer twin-rig trawl plaice fishery, said the company’s Cees de Boer.
Osprey Trawlers’ decision to go down the MSC route was sparked when fishermen had been faced with a crisis as prices for their prime target species of North Sea plaice fell from €2.30 ($3.1) per kilo to €1.30 ($1.8),” he told Fishing News International.
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