[vc_row type=”full_width_content” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_bg=”true” overlay=”” video_bg=”” text_color=”dark” transparency=”” borders=”” arrow_bottom=”” arrow_top=”” bottom_padding=”40″ top_padding=”80″ element_id=”about” class=”about”][vc_column width=”1/6″ enable_animation=”” animation=”none” centered_cont=”” centered_cont_vertical=”” background_color_opacity=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1433339338480{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/6″][block_title style=”column_title” inner_style=”simple” inner_style_title=”square” padding_desc=”28%” title=”About” element_id=”about”][/block_title][vc_column_text]The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is the world’s leading certification and ecolabelling programme for sustainable wild-caught seafood. We developed and maintain independent standards for sustainable fishing and seafood traceability and collaborate with fishers, processors and retailers to increase the availability of certified sustainable seafood to consumers.

The MSC believes in the importance of evidence-based standard-setting and seeks to deliver a robust, effective and accessible programme that keeps up with the latest scientific knowledge and industry practices.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Vision” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:%23777777|line_height:18px” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:600%20bold%20regular%3A600%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1435238223769{margin-top: -20px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Our vision is of the world’s oceans teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations.” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:13px|text_align:left|color:%23777777|line_height:20px” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic”][vc_custom_heading text=”Mission” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:%23777777|line_height:18px” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:600%20bold%20regular%3A600%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1435238256438{margin-top: 15px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Our mission is to use our ecolabel and fishery certification programme 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.” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:13px|text_align:left|color:%23777777|line_height:20px” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20italic%3A400%3Aitalic”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1435238847040{margin-top: 80px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;}” enable_animation=”” animation=”none” centered_cont=”” centered_cont_vertical=”” background_color_opacity=”1″][vc_custom_heading text=”Our distinctive blue ‘fish with a tick’ ecolabel makes it easy to identify products from certified fisheries.” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:14px|text_align:left|color:%231e73be|line_height:20px” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1435238157992{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”][media type=”image” alignment=”left” animation=”left” link=”#” image=”991″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_image=”1164″ bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_bg=”true” overlay=”” video_bg=”” text_color=”dark” transparency=”” borders=”” arrow_bottom=”” arrow_top=”” top_padding=”200″ bottom_padding=”200″ bg_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.32)” element_id=”about” class=”fish”][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_custom_heading text=”Together we can create healthier oceans” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:40px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff|line_height:50px” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”repeat” parallax_bg=”true” overlay=”” video_bg=”” text_color=”dark” bottom_padding=”0″ transparency=”” borders=”” arrow_bottom=”” arrow_top=”” top_padding=”-20″][vc_column width=”2/3″][block_title style=”column_title” inner_style=”simple” inner_style_title=”only_text” padding_desc=”28%” title=”What is the MSC?”][/block_title][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rVeSBdpO6Q”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][block_title style=”column_title” inner_style=”simple” inner_style_title=”square” padding_desc=”28%” title=”Latest News”][/block_title][recent_news posts_per_page=”3″ dynamic_from_where=”cat” dynamic_cat=”1″ style=”vertical”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” bg_position=”center top” bg_repeat=”repeat” parallax_bg=”” overlay=”” video_bg=”” text_color=”dark” transparency=”” borders=”” arrow_bottom=”” arrow_top=”” bottom_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ full_width=”stretch_row_content”][vc_column width=”1/1″ css=”.vc_custom_1435657573781{background-image: url(http://africa.msc.org/wordpress_msc/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wave_loop.png?id=1140) !important;background-position: 0 0 !important;background-repeat: repeat !important;}” enable_animation=”” animation=”none” centered_cont=”” centered_cont_vertical=”” background_color_opacity=”1″][media type=”image” alignment=”left” animation=”none” link=”#” image=”1141″][/vc_column][/vc_row]