The Mackerel Industry Northern Sustainability Alliance (MINSA) – a group of the 7 MSC certified mackerel fisheries whose certificates are currently suspended as a result of the impasse. The successful development of the action plan means that the fisheries’ certificates may remain suspended until the situation is resolved – when they will be re-instated without the need for a full reassessment.
The action plan includes
Lobbying of relevant management bodies to promote a message based on the need for sustainable and well-managed fisheries and the consequences of unsustainable fisheries.
Engagement with the scientific community including collaboration with a project to establish the mackerel biomass more accurately using electronic sounding equipment
Lobbying on trade measures
Media work to influence politicians.