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Rebuttal to Froesea and Proelss ‘Evaluation and legal assessment of certified seafood’’
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Abstract
In arecentpaper,FroeseandProelss [1] contendthat31%ofstockstargetedbyMarineStewardship
Council(MSC)certifiedfisheriesareoverfishedandsubjecttoongoingoverfishingandafurther8%are
either overfishedorsubjecttooverfishing.Theirresultsarederivedusingadefinitionof‘overfished’
that isnotconsistentwithinternationallyaccepteddefinitionsandinterpretations.Inaddition,the
authorsusedunrealisticestimatesofbiomassthatproduceMaximumSustainableYields(BMSY)
obtainedthroughmethodsthatareinconsistentwiththeapproachusedbythemanagementagencies
and scientificadvisorybodiesresponsibleforthestocksinquestion.
AnalysessuchasthatpublishedbyFroeseandProelssareanimportantpartoftheexternal,
independentscrutinyoftheprogrammethatMSCwelcomes.Howeverthereareanumberofserious
flaws intheiranalysis,dataandresultingconclusionsthatthisresponseseekstocorrect.Usingdatafor
45 stocksexploitedbyMSCcertifiedfisheries(460% oftotalfisheriesintheprogrammeand 480% of
total certifiedcatch),internationallyacceptedmethodsfordeterminingMSYreferencepoints,and
internationallyaccepteddefinitionsoftheterms‘overfished’and‘overfishing’,nostocksexploitedby
MSC certifiedfisheriescanbedefinedasoverfished(belowtheirlimitreferencepoints).
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: | Agnew, D J and Gutierrez, N L and Stern-Pirlot, A and Smith, ADM and Zimmerman, C and Sainsbury, K J |
Keywords: | Certification Marine Stewardship Council Sustainable stocks |
Journal or Publication Title: | Marine Policy: The International Journal of Ocean Affairs |
ISSN: | 0308-597X |
DOI / ID Number: | org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.07.002 |
Additional Information: | Copyright 2012 Elsevier |
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