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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has released a new report highlighting the positive impact certification can have in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The MSC Global Impacts Report 2017 details more than a thousand examples of positive change being made by certified fisheries to safeguard fish stocks and marine habitats.

Food company John West Australia pledged to help end unsustainable fishing practices within the Australian canned tuna industry, in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

As a new Greenpeace report details, seafood supply chains are still far from transparent, despite increasing adoption of well-known sustainability certifications like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

Mislabeled seafood products have become a widespread problem: Recent studies have found that 30 percent of seafood products are mislabelled and that such errors have led to significant distrust in labels among consumers. Meanwhile, DNA test results have reinforced that the Marine Stewardship Council's (MSC's) ecolabel provides credible traceability.

GlobeScan is pleased to have recently completed a second comprehensive study of seafood consumers globally for The Marine Stewardship Council. We surveyed more than 25,000 consumers in 22 countries and found that a large majority of consumers are increasingly demanding independent verification of sustainability claims in supermarkets (72% this year compared to 68% in our first study in 2016).