date:Sep 01, 2012
e world to obtain MSC certification, which is a milestone. Silver smelt is a less well known species among consumers, but is used in many seafood products, from gratins, to frozen breaded products, to Scandinavian fish balls. This certification now allows these products to carry the blue MSC eco-label, which will ease consumers choices for sustainable seafood. In the light of growing consumer recognition of the MSC ecolabel, this will reward the Faroese Silver Smelt fisheries MSC certification.