The Marine Stewardship Council Programme

SEAFOOD Ecolabelling: Principles and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-105

  Howes, Rupert ^a  

^a Science and Standards Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chain of custody; Consumer awareness supply of MSC labelled seafood; Ecological case MSC certification; Fishery Certification Methodology (FCM); Guidelines for assessment of small scale and data deficient (GASSDD); His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; MSC's overarching mission MSC's overarching mission stocks; Stakeholder council (STC); Technical advisory board (TAB) standards, logo license and chain of custody

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889318593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301380.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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