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Sockeye eco-certification in year of collapse risks MSC credibility

The Marine Stewardship Council has taken a step towards certifying British Columbia”s sockeye salmon fishery as ecologically sustainable, a move critics say risks the international organization”s credibility.

“MSC certification of B.C. sockeye fishers is corporate eco-fraud,” said Vicky Husband, a senior adviser to the Watershed Watch Salmon Society. “It”s credibility will be lost to its consumers and markets.” MSC’s announcement comes in a year when Fraser River sockeye returns collapsed from an expected 10 million fish to around a million. In November prime minister Stephen Harper called a federal inquiry into the collapse… Read Full Article by by Andrew MacLeode

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