(seafood.com) The number of fish
Fisheries minister Richard Benyon has hailed the progress made over the last 10 years as evidence of “a seismic shift” in people’s attitudes towards the quality and source of the fish they eat, but admits that challenges remain in keeping the momentum going.
The MSC is an international non-profit organization set up to help make the seafood market sustainable. It oversees and manages the distinctive blue labeling system that tells consumers which species of fish they can buy safe in the knowledge they aren't destroying stocks.
The growth in the number of MSC-certified products on UK shelves has been significant, from 200 in 2008 to 988 at the end of 2011. The figure is up 41 percent from 701 in 2010. More than 13,000 seafood products worldwide — from prepared seafood meals to fresh fish — now bear the MSC label in 80 countries, up 50 percent over the last year.