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Published: April 6, 2011
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In April, Danish vessels will start landing MSC certified Baltic cod in Danish ports. The DFPO Denmark Eastern Baltic cod fishery was recently certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard.
Atlantic cod has been a commercially important species in the Baltic region since the 15th century and now, consumers across Europe will be able to buy Baltic cod bearing the distinctive blue MSC ecolabel.
This is a year-round fishery using demersal trawls and long lines to catch cod in the Baltic Sea east of Bornholm. Baltic cod is an iconic tablefish in both Sweden and Denmark but the eastern stock was considered close to a total collapse just a few years ago.
Cod has made a remarkable recovery in the region and in August 2009 the Danish Fishermen’s Producer Organisation (DFPO) entered this fishery into full assessment as part its plans to have all Danish fisheries MSC certified before the end of 2012.
One of Europe’s largest producers of frozen cod products is the Bornholm-based company A. Espersen A/S. The company has close ties with the Baltic fishing industry and has supported the fishery throughout the assessment process.
The CEO of A. Espersen A/S, Klaus B. Nielsen, appreciates the positive development of the Baltic cod. "In the summer of 2009 when we announced that we were working on MSC certification of the cod many expressed a certain amount of skepticism. However, we were convinced that the initiatives launched by the authorities and the industry would make a MSC-certification of the cod obtainable. I am therefore incredibly proud that it is today possible to sell Baltic cod with the MSC-brand. And this does not only benefit Espersen, but perhaps even more so the fishermen and thereby also the local communities".
source: MSC
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EmailIn April, Danish vessels will start landing MSC certified Baltic cod in Danish ports. The DFPO Denmark Eastern Baltic cod fishery was recently certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard.
Atlantic cod has been a commercially important species in the Baltic region since the 15th century and now, consumers across Europe will be able to buy Baltic cod bearing the distinctive blue MSC ecolabel.
This is a year-round fishery using demersal trawls and long lines to catch cod in the Baltic Sea east of Bornholm. Baltic cod is an iconic tablefish in both Sweden and Denmark but the eastern stock was considered close to a total collapse just a few years ago.
Cod has made a remarkable recovery in the region and in August 2009 the Danish Fishermen’s Producer Organisation (DFPO) entered this fishery into full assessment as part its plans to have all Danish fisheries MSC certified before the end of 2012.
One of Europe’s largest producers of frozen cod products is the Bornholm-based company A. Espersen A/S. The company has close ties with the Baltic fishing industry and has supported the fishery throughout the assessment process.
The CEO of A. Espersen A/S, Klaus B. Nielsen, appreciates the positive development of the Baltic cod. "In the summer of 2009 when we announced that we were working on MSC certification of the cod many expressed a certain amount of skepticism. However, we were convinced that the initiatives launched by the authorities and the industry would make a MSC-certification of the cod obtainable. I am therefore incredibly proud that it is today possible to sell Baltic cod with the MSC-brand. And this does not only benefit Espersen, but perhaps even more so the fishermen and thereby also the local communities".
source: MSC
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