Scientists: The Marine Stewardship Council "is failing to protect the environment and needs radical reform" - Are MSC-certified 'sustainable fisheries' in fact unsustainable?

Small fisheries that use highly selective, low-impact techniques, such as hook-and-line fishing or hand picking, are often sustainable, but make up only a tiny fraction of MSC-certified fisheries.

As part of ClimateProgress's effort to focus attention on the grave threat to ocean life, today's guest blogger is marine-biologist-turned-filmmaker, Randy Olson.

Fisheries economist Jennifer Jacquet and a team of A-list marine biologists today took the Marine Stewardship Council out behind the...