Newsletter Home     Industry Bite     Wild Watch     Featured Articles     Recipe of the Month     Send Us Your Ideas Alaska Black Cod Fishery Certified The Alaska Black Cod fishery just received certification as a well-managed and sustainable fishery from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for meeting their environmental Standard. The MSC is an independent, global, non-profit organization that promotes environmentally responsible stewardship of "the worlds' most important renewable food source." The MSC independently assesses seafood products against the MSC standard in order to create a product label that buyers and consumers can recognize as depicting environmentally responsible, well-managed fisheries. Black Cod joins the Alaska Pollock Bearing Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska fisheries, the Alaska Salmon fishery, Pacifc Cod longline fishery, and Pacifc Halibut (Alaska Washington and Oregon) fishery in MSC certification. Additionally, The Alaska State Constitution mandates the sustainability of all Alaska fisheries and strict quotas and fishing regulations ensure that Alaska will provide an abundance of seafood for years to come. The MSC's certification is one facet of what makes Black Cod a great menu item. Black Cod's velvety texture and succulent flavor is developed as a result of eating a natural marine diet and living a natural lifecycle in the cold pure waters of Alaska. The Black Cod fishery's certification helps reiterate to customers that the wild and abundant stocks of Black Cod are available due to Alaska's effective and precise management.