MSC accredited certifiers Food Certification International Ltd and fishery development specialists Nautilus Consultants have entered into partnership to co-operate in the provision of assessment services to fisheries seeking assessment against sustainable fisheries standards and the products from these fisheries. The team has the experience and methods to work with any scale of fishery in any location, on all aspects of the process for certification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or other sustainable fishery standards.

Managing fisheries on a sustainable basis makes good sense; but good sense often takes second place to short-term interests. MSC certification can assist industries in ensuring that good practice is rewarded in the marketplace.

Together we provide:

• Strategic advice
• Pre-assessment
• Assessment
• Chain of custody
• Post-Assessment Monitoring

This ideal partnership brings together the specialist process and certification skills & experience of Food Certification International Ltd. with the practical fishery management and development expertise of Nautilus, built up during 25 years of support to fishery development around the globe.

Food Certification International Ltd, a subsidiary of Food Certification (Scotland) Ltd, is an independent third party certification body that specializes in the certification of fish and fish products and whose operating, certification and control procedures conform with the requirements of European Standard EN45011 for bodies operating product certification systems.

Services

The team provides a full suite of services from pre-assessment and full assessment, through to chain of custody certification and follow-up monitoring. Using our experience in both certification and fisheries we make the path through the exacting certification process as smooth as possible.

We are very happy to explain the process of MSC certification and what is required in terms of fisheries management. We can also help those interested in pursuing MSC certification to identify why and how to approach such certification, and also how to fund the certification process.

These actions should lead to the end point where the logo can be shown on all products and by those selling the product stating:

"This product comes from a fishery which meets the Marine Stewardship Council's environmental standard for a well-managed and sustainable fishery"

If you would like to know more, would like to know if your fishery could pass the MSC thresholds, or are ready to go for full certification, contact Food Certification International at:

Tel : +44 0870 286 2860
Fax : +44 0870 286 2861
Mail: info@foodcertificationinternational.com

Further details on the MSC can be found at their web site at: www.msc.org

More Information is supplied in our leaflet available in PDF format for download here. (584 kb)

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