Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Fish Discards (12 May 2011)

Andrew George MP: Is the Minister aware that the 200 fishermen in the Cornish Mackerel Handliners Association have decided not to continue their certification with the Marine Stewardship Council because they judged that the costs clearly outweighed the benefits, particularly bearing in mind that the MSC appears to have become more business-led and supermarket-driven in its standards, allowing some high-impact…