Cornwall packs in another MSC certificate with sustainable sardines

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Cornwall’s iconic sardine fishery has passed its Marine Stewardship Council assessment and been certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. The fishery – which recently gained European geographic designation as ‘Cornish Sardines’ can now add the MSC ecolabel to its products. The Cornish sardine fishery first started a trial MSC assessment in 2008, in a pilot programme to develop a way for data deficient fisheries – often found in the developing world – to be able to achieve MSC certification. After performing well in the Risk-Based framework assessment, Cornish sardines went on to pass the regular MSC assessment.

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