Launched on the 30th August, On The Hook have asked the MSC to urgently review the standard which currently allows MSC-certified products to be caught alongside unsustainable methods of fishing – which puts the tuna fishing stock in the Pacific Ocean at great risk. On The Hook is also leading the campaign to stop the world’s largest fishery – the PNA – from being re-certified this month. On The Hook released research conducted by Populus which shows that consumers see the current practices of the PNA as unacceptable. 69 per cent assume that all fishing in MSC certified fisheries is sustainable. The polling data also shows that a majority of people would lose confidence in the MSC brand if they re-certified the PNA whilst the fishery continues to catch tuna in an unsustainable manner.
On The Hook Members
American Tuna
Migros
Ocean Harvesters Operative
Woolworths South Africa
World Wise Foods
Animal Welfare Institute
BLOOM
Blue Marine Foundation
Blue Ventures
David Suzuki Foundation
Ecology Action Centre
Forest and Bird
Shark Project
The Island Conservation Society
Turtle Island Restoration Network
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Kerry McCarthy MP
Richard Benyon MP
Zac Goldsmith MP
John McNally MP
James Heappey MP
Professor Callum Roberts, Environment Department, University of York
Professor Jennifer Jacquet, Environmental Studies, New York University
Professor Megan Bailey, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
Professor Michael Tlusty, Sustainability and Food Solutions, University of Massachusetts
Dr Thomas Appleby, Associate Professor, University