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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certificate for Argentine anchovy fishery has been suspended after it failed to show evidence for progress against its conditions, a MSC spokeswoman told Undercurrent News.
The Argentine anchovy fishery was initially MSC certified in August 2011 and obtained its recertification in December 2016.
This fishery has been improving its sustainability standard since it first engaged with the MSC program, but MSC requires fisheries to have a high sustainability standard, according to MSC. "To do so, fisheries under assessment can be certified with conditions; these conditions are a key element to improve beyond a minimum tolerable sustainability level. In the Argentine anchovy fishery case, it was suspended not as a result of bad practices, but because the fishery has not yet submitted information to demonstrate progress in its plan of action to address one condition of this certification," the MSC spokeswoman told Undercurrent.
According to the MSC general certification requirement, the "fishery client" has 90 days from the date of the suspension to submit a corrective action plan addressing the cause of suspension, which will need to be accepted by the certifier.
If this information is not submitted or is not acceptable, the fishery should withdraw the MSC program. According to the MSC fishery certification requirements, the Argentine anchovy fishery is still certified and has 90 days to submit information to the certifier to get over this suspension, MSC said. "The MSC program is under voluntary basis, so, the client needs to demonstrate its work in addressing the condition," the MSC spokeswoman noted.
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