Sri Lankan Blue Swimming Crab Fishery Earns MSC Certification After Decade of Work
The North-Western Sri Lanka blue swimming crab fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, making it the first fishery in the country to meet the MSC Fisheries Standard for environmental sustainability. The milestone follows more than a decade of work by fishing communities, exporters, government and other stakeholders to protect the country's blue swimming crab stocks.
The certification covers two units of assessment off the north-western coast: Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar. Small-scale fishers use bottom-set gillnets from traditional boats...
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