This Blog has been going for a couple of years now and it would be nice to think it has achieved something - at least some sober second thought and discussion regarding the certification of fisheries as "sustainable" even when the evidence isn't really there to support that designation.
Inevitably the Blog has focussed on the actions and activities of the Marine Stewardship Council. Over the period of this Blog MSC has grown in scope and influence and there has been a corresponding increase in the number of fisheries gaining MSC certification. There has also been an increase in the number of controversial certifications.
Environmental groups have challenged many of these controversial certifications on scientific grounds but MSC has generally been dismissive of any criticism.
To succeed MSC has to pander to some degree to the interests of the fishing industry and large corporations. How much they do so is up to them. How much value we place on MSC sustainability certification is up to us.
Fishyfellow signing off....
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Really, is this the end of the blog? That's bad news... There aren't that many independent blogs such as this. It has certainly achieved a lot. It'll be missed.
ReplyDeleteThe trend for the MSC, ISSF and other giants in the bluewashing business is that they will likely continue to increase their influence, co-opting more and more media. This is why this blog was so important. I hope someone will pick up the baton; otherwise we'll be quite lost.
Many thanks and farewell...
What a pity this blog has ended. MSC now successfully continues their bluewashing business, makes millions out of willing and sometimes dedicated companies, dupes and brainwashes gullible consumers without improving the seas, jerks journalists around by feeding them with "interesting" story deterring them to dig deeper. True facts now stay in the dark, gripping stories of MSCs "methods" remain untold. What a pity.
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