May 17, 2018 — New Zealand’s seafood industry celebrated the country’s inaugural Sustainable Seafood Day with the announcement that more than half of the country’s total seafood production is now certified to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) sustainability standard.

Leaders from New Zealand’s seafood industry, including New Zealand Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash, Deepwater Group CEO George Clement, Sanford CEO Volker Kuntzsch, MSC Oceania Program Director Anne Gabriel, and NIWA Principal Scientist Matt Dunn, offered their insights on the sustainable seafood movement at a celebratory event to mark the occasion.

“MSC certification provides a tangible and credible way for consumers to purchase sustainable seafood,” Clement said.

Around 70 percent of New Zealand’s deepwater catch is certified, compared to a global rate of 12 percent, Clement said.

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