The Marine Stewardship
Council is an international non-profit organisation. We recognise and
reward efforts to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies for the
future.
We want future generations to be able to enjoy seafood and oceans full of life, forever.
Our vision is of the world’s oceans teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations.
Our mission is to end overfishing. We use our ecolabel and fishery certification program to contribute to the health of the world’s oceans by recognising and rewarding sustainable fishing practices, influencing the choices people make when buying seafood and working with our partners to transform the seafood market to a sustainable basis.
Fisheries meeting the MSC Fisheries Standard are helping to deliver on thirty-four SDG targets.
We align with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
