Accreditation crisis may bite SA's fishing industry

Fish SA - an umbrella body representing trawler fisheries - says otherwise, stating that the accreditation will expire on 9 July. It's reported in Business Day that South Africa's fishing industry faces enormous losses if the MSC accreditation is withdrawn, because fishing companies will be prevented from exporting hake to the European markets.

For more

• Business Day: Department moves to allay hake market fears.
  
• Marine Stewardship Council.