The problem of market barriers by ecolablelling (to name it: by MSC) has been perceived years ago and was one of the reasons why the alternative certification scheme «Friend of the Sea» (FOS) showed up in 2005. FOS criteria are at least as strict as the ones of MSC, but certification is much less complicated and takes but a small fraction of time and money MSC demands. While MSC (at least on paper) requests that all stakeholders targeting or concerned by tageting a particular species in a particular region are dedicated, FOS concentrates on the fishery (or on the fish farm) willing to comply with the criteria) and on the actual state of the fish stocks concerned – obviously much easier to reach by artisanal fisheries which indeed constitute the bigger proportion of FOS certified fisheries Source to this comment: marinesciencetoday/2014/11/17/sustainable-seafood-labels-misapplied/#ixzz3Jmuk6bdR
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