Marine Stewardship Council

Iseal code compliant member

Marine Stewardship Council

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is a certification and eco-labelling program for sustainable seafood from wild fisheries. They work with fisheries, seafood companies, scientists, conservation groups and the public to promote the best environmental choice in seafood globally. MSC’s standards cover sustainable fishing and seafood traceability. They ensure that MSC-labelled seafood comes from, and can be traced back to, sustainable fisheries.

Find out more about MSC at - https://www.msc.org/

ISEAL Code Compliant designates members who have successfully undergone independent evaluations against the ISEAL Codes of Good Practice in Standards-Setting, Assurance and Impacts.

The ISEAL Code

The launch of the ISEAL Code of Good Practice for Sustainability Systems (‘the ISEAL Code’) is anticipated in early Q1 2024. ISEAL Code Compliant members will be working through a transition period to align their systems to the ISEAL Code and will be anticipated to undergo independent evaluations in 2025. Information about the effective date, the transition period and process for ISEAL Code Compliant members will be made available on the ISEAL Code of Good Practice revision and integration page.

Independent Evaluation to the ISEAL Standards-Setting Code
Previous assessment

No areas for improvement were identified during this evaluation.

Independent Evaluation to the ISEAL Assurance Code
Previous assessment
Next assessment

No areas for improvement were identified during this evaluation.

Independent Evaluation to the ISEAL Impacts Code
Previous assessment
Next assessment

As a result of this independent evaluation, MSC made the following improvements to their M&E system: 

  • Updated the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation document to indicate for which level of evaluation each indicator is used
  • Updated the Performance Monitoring and Evaluation document to link data protocols, M&C indicators, and outputs.
System Overview

ISEAL Code Compliant members provide publicly available reports that give a comprehensive and accessible overview of a member's system.

ISEAL System Overview Marine Stewardship Council 2022