A tentative offer announced last week to settle the ongoing dispute over who can use the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC) eco-label on Alaska salmon products is in jeopardy, and the warring factions could be heading back to the bargaining table.
On Thursday, the Alaska Salmon Processors Association (ASPA) agreed to let the Trident Seafoods-led group of salmon processors rejoin the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) client group for the Alaska salmon fishery -- for a price.
The condition for the re-entry is a 3 percent assessment of the total wholesale value of MSC-certified salmon sold this season, which, based on 2014 wholesale figures provided by the Alaska Department of Revenue (ADR) and minus Prince William Sound salmon, which is no longer MSC-certified, could amount to as much as $10 million (€8.8
