The Portuguese purse seine sardine fishery has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, becoming the first Portuguese fishery to be certified under the international programme.
The Portuguese Association of Purse Seine Producer Organisations (ANOPCERCO), is now eligible to sell its catch – which represents 95% of the country's sardine production (well over 50,000 metric tonnes annually) – with the internationally recognised blue MSC ecolabel. The certificate covers all of the association's larger coastal vessels (over 9 m long) whose main activity is purse seining.
source: MSC press release
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