According to MSC Board of Trustees the new developments, which include increased resources for and focus on training of certifiers, fishery assessment team members and peer reviewers, a comprehensive review and consolidation of scheme documentation, and a creation of a standardized pre-assessment tool, are part of the MSC’s ongoing commitment to ensuring that its program remains the most robust and credible fishery certification system in the world.
In 2008 MSC has adopted a standardized fisheries assessment methodology (FAM); and new rules, introduced earlier this year, enhancing the requirements for certifiers to explicitly respond to stakeholder and peer review comments. Will Martin, Chairman of the Board, said that the Board’s main priority is to improve the assessment program. He added that MSC continue the work of developing and revising policies, procedures and systems to ensure the program keeps up with current thinking and best practice.
Rupert Howes, MSC Chief Executive, informed that the credibility of the MSC program and its assessment process is the foundation of MSC program’s value to its partners. MSc is dedicated pursuing improvements to our program to ensure its continued rigor and quality as the MSC grows and fisheries science evolves.
