Case Study 1: Toothfish – An MSC-Certified Fishery - SEAFOOD Ecolabelling: Principles and Practice - page 248

Figure 11.1 The main fishing ground around South Georgia and Shag Rocks (shaded), the South
Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Maritime Zone, the CCAMLR Convention Area and Subareas,
and the 2000-m contour.
the standards of the Marine Stewardship Council. The assessment was contracted
to Moody Marine Ltd, an MSC-accredited certification body. Following a pre-
assessment report that indicated that an assessment would be successful, the full
assessment started in May 2001, and was conducted by a team of five experts work-
ing for the certifier. The team examined 76 different indicators of the sustainability
of the fishery. The assessment team visited the fishery at South Georgia, reviewed
all relevant literature and interviewed and received submissions from the fishery
managers (the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), the
UK government and scientific organisations and environmental non-governmental
organisations. The report of the assessment was reviewed by four independent peer
reviewers (www.msc.org; Holt et al . 2004). In October 2002, the board of the
certification body determined that the fishery did meet the MSC standards for a
sustainable fishery and should be certified.
In accordance with the MSC appeals process, the National Environmental Trust
and The Antarctica Project (NET and TAP), supported by some other organisations,
submitted an objection to this decision in November 2002, citing several points of
disagreement with the Moody Marine Ltd assessment. These points were answered