A review of formal objections to Marine Stewardship Council fisheries certifications
A review of formal objections to Marine Stewardship Council fisheries certifications
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DOI：
10.1016/j.biocon.2013.01.002
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发表时间：
2013-05-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Jacquet, Jennifer
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作者：
Christian, Claire;Ainley, David;Jacquet, Jennifer
海洋管理理事会是作为一种养护工具而设立的-旨在向消费者提供“最佳环境海产品选择”，并制定积极的激励措施，以改善渔业的状况和管理。在其15年的时间里，MSC的年度预算接近2000万美元，已将其标志贴在170多个渔业上。这些认证并非没有抗议。尽管费用高昂，程序困难，但保护组织和其他团体已经对海安会渔业认证提出了19项正式反对意见，并支付了费用。只有一项反对意见得到支持，即渔业没有得到核证。在这里，我们整理和总结这些反对意见和主要问题，因为它们涉及到MSC的三个主要原则：目标鱼类种群的可持续性，对生态系统的低影响，以及有效的，响应式的管理。对正式反对意见的分析表明，MSC的可持续捕捞原则过于宽松和自由裁量，允许第三方认证机构和裁决者过度慷慨地解释，这意味着MSC标签可能会误导消费者和保护资助者。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) was created as a conservation tool - intended to provide "the best environmental choice in seafood" to consumers and to create positive incentives that would improve the status and management of fisheries. During its 15 years, the MSC, which has an annual budget of close to US$20 million, has attached its logo to more than 170 fisheries. These certifications have not occurred without protest. Despite high costs and difficult procedures, conservation organizations and other groups have filed and paid for 19 formal objections to MSC fisheries certifications. Only one objection has been upheld such that the fishery was not certified. Here, we collate and summarize these objections and the major concerns as they relate to the MSC's three main principles: sustainability of the target fish stock, low impacts on the ecosystem, and effective, responsive management. An analysis of the formal objections indicates that the MSC's principles for sustainable fishing are too lenient and discretionary, and allow for overly generous interpretation by third-party certifiers and adjudicators, which means that the MSC label may be misleading both consumers and conservation funders. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.