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Welcome!
As we arrive firmly in autumn and get ready for winter, our UK & Ireland team has been travelling through what is our busiest period of the year. We’ve delivered our second Sustainable Seafood Week, hosted our Annual Awards and were privileged to visit one of our fantastic, certified fisheries in The Wash.
After so much time working in a virtual world, it’s been brilliant to once again get the stories from our certified fisheries and partners out there and meet up with a few of you again along the way. Do get in touch if you need anything from the UK & Ireland Team!
George Clark
Programme Director, UK & Ireland
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MSC UK's 8th Annual Awards Ceremony
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On October 7th, 2021, we hosted our annual MSC UK Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements and performance in sustainable fishing and seafood across the UK. The ceremony was streamed from the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth for the 2nd year running. Our winners’ awards were once again made using 3D printing recycled fishing nets from the MSC certified hake fishery in Cornwall.
If you missed it, the director's cut version of the awards ceremony is now live, and all award winners, including those for a number of newly launched categories, can be found on our MSC UK Awards 2021 homepage.
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That's a wrap! Sustainable Seafood Week 2021
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Across September we ran a nationwide consumer facing campaign showing that it takes all of us, together, to make a real difference to the future of the oceans. Our ‘It’s All Hands on Deck’ themed UK Sustainable Seafood Week, aimed to make seafood sustainability an active and urgent debate, encouraging and moving consumers in the UK to participate by choosing the MSC ecolabel when shopping or dining out.
A big thank you to all of you who came on board and participated, check out our short campaign highlights video below.
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Sustainable Seafood Week 2021 highlights
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Find your nearest sustainable chippy
However you enjoy your chips, doused in salt and vinegar, smothered with mushy peas or dipped in tartar sauce, it's now more important than ever that they are served with a side of sustainable fish. Fish and chip lovers can now, for the first time, easily find their nearest fish and chip shop serving sustainable seafood from a new digital list. Check out our fish and chip locator for when you're on the road.
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Ecolabel certification raises companies share prices
New research published in Marine Resource Economics demonstrates that ‘it pays to be green’ with certification to handle and sell certified sustainable seafood boosting a companies’ share price. The research from the University of Cantabria, Spain, shows that on average a company’s share price increased by 2.64% following certification.
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First ever MSC labelled potted shrimp hits the market
Hand-Peeled and delicious spread on hot toast, shoppers can now get their hands on the world's first ever MSC labelled potted shrimp product, which is available in Sainsbury’s under The Good Tide brand. Potted shrimps are a traditional British dish made with brown shrimp flavoured with spices.
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MSC launches data validation API
Our global team recently launched a new tool to support our partners. The Data Validation API (Application Programming Interface) allows organisations to digitally check if fisheries, companies, and products are MSC certified. This great new tool removes the need to check MSC databases like Track A Fishery and Find A Supplier manually. It’s an optional offering that organisations can use and will not replace those existing resources. More information on the tool is available here.
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MSC firsts for Chinese and Philippine fisheries
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Ocean Stewardship Fund open for applications
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