October 12, 2023 — The Marine Stewardship Council’s updated fisheries standard includes new requirements for preventing the loss of fishing equipment, such as nets and lines, and more stringent monitoring of the impact of lost gear, also known as “ghost gear.”
In a peer-reviewed paper, a team of scientists led by Victor Restrepo, the vice president of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation, has documented the process the Marine Stewardship Council underwent to revise its policies around gear management for MSC-certified fisheries.