While the seafood world is watching with bated breath to Russia in the wake of the imports ban, the Russian Bering Sea of pollock fishery is quietly preparing for full Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as part of its drive to get even more competitive with US Alaska pollock producers on the European market.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of Russia's Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery grabbed the headlines last September, but as much as 40 percent of the country's pollock harvest remained uncertified.

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