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Rebuttal to Froesea and Proelss 'Evaluation and legal assessment of certified seafood''

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posted on 2023-05-26, 10:05 authored by Agnew, D J, Gutierrez, N L, Stern-Pirlot, A, Smith, ADM, Zimmerman, C, Sainsbury, K J
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).

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Publication title

Marine Policy: The International Journal of Ocean Affairs

Volume

38

Pagination

551-553

ISSN

0308-597X

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  • Published

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Copyright 2012 Elsevier

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    Keywords

    Certification Marine Stewardship Council Sustainable stocks

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