Fisheries committee  I think DFO will be an important stakeholder here. As we've heard from previous testimony, they're responsible for fresh fishing management and the time that the fish gets to the dock. For any effective responsible fishery—

Fisheries committee  Oh, I'm sorry. I think it will take the participation of those importers and industry. This is not unique to just imports; it also applies to domestic seafood. An important consideration you raised is the possibility that domestically caught seafood is exported only for reimport

Fisheries committee  I'll leave it to others. What I would say is that the verification systems are incredibly important. If bad information or incorrect information is entered into a traceability system, you can have bad information at the end. Those verification systems are incredibly important.

Fisheries committee  Sure. All auditors who are auditing either to their fisheries standard or to an MSC standard need to be accredited by the accreditation services of the International Accreditation Board. There are a number of what are called “certification assessment bodies” that perform these au

Fisheries committee  It's a difficult question. Our program works by trying to incentivize consumers and retailers to choose certified products and to look for our logo when out shopping. We kind of work at it from the other side of the coin. It's about making sure people are choosing certified sust

Fisheries committee  It's less than 1%. We've done a few. We periodically repeat the DNA testing of MSC-certified products as an assurance mechanism through our program, to make sure our chain of custody is working. To answer your previous question on how it's maintained, we hold both our sustainab

Fisheries committee  I can speak to that. I think it goes back to some of the earlier points raised. There is not a level playing field across all actors in the supply chain, and without mandate traceability.... Ms. Callegari talked about the point that there is greenwashing that occurs in the mark

Fisheries committee  I will respond to that from an MSC perspective. Fisheries and supply chain actors that are using MSC local and selling certified seafood do so voluntarily. A lot of times that is to gain market access or a market premium. I think there is value to be gleaned from assurance of so

Fisheries committee  Great. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for the opportunity to provide input to this committee. My name is Kurtis Hayne and I am program director for the Marine Stewardship Council in Canada. I'm speaking to you from Victoria, British Columbia. The MSC is a global non-profit organi