SGS Product & Process Certification - Marine Stewardship Council

Scoring criteria Scoring guidepost 60 Scoring guidepost 80 Scoring guidepost 100
3.1.4 Incentives for
sustainable
fishing:
The management
system
provides economic
and
social incentives for
sustainable fishing
and
does not operate with
subsidies that
contribute to
unsustainable fishing.
(1-60) The management system
provides for incentives that are
consistent with achieving the
outcomes expressed by MSC
Principles 1 and 2.
(1-80) The management
system provides for incentives
that are consistent with
achieving the outcomes
expressed by MSC Principles 1
and 2, and seeks to ensure
that negative incentives do not
arise.
(1-100) The management
system provides for incentives
that are consistent with
achieving the outcomes
expressed by MSC Principles 1
and 2, and explicitly considers
incentives in a regular review
of management policy or
procedures to ensure that they
do not contribute to
unsustainable fishing practices.
Scoring comments
The system has no direct subsidies or incentives that contribute to unsustainable fishing or ecosystem degradation by the UoC. Subsidies
for innovations in the fishery are available through the European Fisheries Fund (EuropeesVisserijFonds, EVF), which work as incentives to
develop more environmentally friendly fishing techniques.
The management system provides for incentives that are consistent with achieving the outcomes expressed by MSC Principles 1 and 2, and
seeks to ensure that negative incentives do not arise (1-80). Occasional reviews of management policy or procedures ensure that they do
not contribute to unsustainable fishing practices.
Every vessel that fishes on a commercial basis needs to be registered in the register of fishing vessels and has to have sufficient HP and
GRT and sufficient quota for quota species caught.
Score:
80
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