ABOUT USThe Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organisation. We recognise and reward efforts to protect oceans and safeguard seafood supplies for the future.
Our vision is of the world’s oceans teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations.
Our mission is to use our ecolabel and fishery certification program to contribute to the health of the world’s oceans by recognising and rewarding sustainable fishing practices, influencing the choices people make when buying seafood and working with our partners to transform the seafood market to a sustainable basis.
Since we were founded in 1997, fisheries responsible for around 15% of marine catch have been certified to the MSC Fisheries Standard. Certification is helping to grow and maintain the number of sustainable fish populations.
To remain certified, fisheries have so far made over 2000 improvements to their performance and management.
More than 47,800 sites, including supermarket chains, restaurants, fishmongers and hotels are now certified to sell seafood with the blue MSC label.
WORKING AT THE MSC
To deliver our vision of oceans teeming with life and seafood supplies safeguarded for future generations, we employ a diverse group of people across 18 offices around the world.
To achieve our global goals, we also work with consultants in a further 11 countries. Combined we speak more than 15 languages.
There’s one thing that everyone at the MSC has in common: an enthusiasm for keeping our oceans wild and teeming with life. Our passion can be seen in everything we do – from the care taken in setting our standards to our communications and marketing to our support functions working behind the scenes.
Our staff undertake a huge variety of activities for us, including:
- Fisheries science and marine biology: working to develop our standards and with fisheries undergoing MSC assessment
- Supply chain management: overseeing our work in product integrity and helping to develop our Chain of Custody Standard
- Marketing and communications: supporting our mission by growing awareness of sustainable seafood and the blue MSC label
- Seafood sourcing: working with commercial organisations to support their buying commitments
- Logo licensing: working with partners in more than 100 countries to ensure that our label is used correctly
- Data and IT: running our reporting tools and systems
Other departments essential to the running of our organisation include HR, finance and office services.
As a non-profit organisation we offer our staff the opportunity to work in an area they're passionate about, alongside equally passionate colleagues from across the globe.
We want our people to grow with our organisation, so we also offer opportunities for training and development, and we reward our staff with through our country-specific benefits, including the possibility of flexible working.
