Til rette vedkommendeHermed inviteres alle interesserede til at deltage og/ellerovervære en offentlig MSC høring, som afholdes i forbindelsemed klimatopmødet COP15.Høringen afholdes onsdag den 16/12 2009 kl. 15 - 18 i DGI byen. Tietgensgade 65. 1704KøbenhavnMed en advokat som formand for høringspanelet og et panel på fire forbrugere, udvalgt afForbrugerrådet, gives hvert vidne ca. fem minutter til at afgive et høringssvar. Der afsættes ikke tidtil diskussion eller debat. Høringen bliver optaget på video og 3 referenter tager referat ogudarbejder derefter høringsrapport med inddragelse af de skriftlige bidrag. Før offentliggørelsegodkendes rapporten af panelet.Deadline for tilmelding som vidne er kl. 15.00 onsdag den 16/12. Det samme gælder for deskriftlige høringssvar.I samme forbindelse inviterer Levende Hav alle med interesser for havmiljø, fisk og fiskeri til etbesøg på Miljøkutter Anton og Levende Havs hovedkvarter på Havnegade v/Knippelsbro.I anledningen af COP15, flytter Levende Hav til København fra 6/12 – 20/12 og der er udstillinger,debatter og mange andre aktiviteter i og omkring teltene.For flere oplysninger kontakt Levende Havs formand og skipper Knud Andersen telf. + 45 20 487421 mail[email protected]Bemærk:Skriftlige bidrag sendes inden den 16/12 kl. 15.00 til mail[email protected]

Organization:The Danish Society for a Living Sea, DenmarkSubject:Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the ClimateParticipants:People and organizations with interest in fishery andclimate. All are invited to contribute with their testimony or/andwrithen documents.Note!The registration for testimony anddocuments closes 3.00 pm (15.00) Wednesday 16 of December 2009BackgroundIn 1995, The Danish Society for a Living Sea started to work with blue “organic” labeling offisheries. After thorough discussions, it was clear to us that we had to focus on the industry,methods and environmental impact of the fisheries, rather on the individual fish caught: in order tolabel a fish “organic” or “ecological”, one must address the way it is caught and the fisheries impacton the environment and the climate.Read more on the homepagehttp://www.levendehav.dk/politik/oekoligiske_fisk/okologisk-fiskeri.htm.In 1999,“Marine Stewardship Council”(MSC) stated its certification and labeling of fisheries.From day one of these efforts, however, Living Sea has criticizing MSC for having an acceptablefocus on the biological sustainability but a weak environmental position without any energycriteria in their certification.In connection with the UN Climate Summit, Living Sea, Denmark accuses MSC of grossirresponsibility, bordering on swindle. MSC is legitimizing unsustainable fisheries that havemassive negative impact on the climate by giving the fish consumer a false eco-label for fish andfish products. MSC is therefore “not better than nothing”.Living Sea’s prime focus in the global fisheries is the extreme use of fusil energy in the trawlfishery.Living Sea will be present and active in the civil society’s alternative summit during theCopenhagen Climate Summit December 2009. One of our main focal points during the summitwill be this hearing about MSC and the climate.

Form of the hearing

The hearing will summon five persons selected with the aim of securing objectivity and versatilityin the discussions of the fishery industry and the market for fish. There will be a panel chairman.Three reporters will be responsible for minutes/reports from the hearing, and after the hearing acommon report will be produced and signed by the panel before being published.All possible interested parties and stakeholders will be invited to contribute with their testimony.There will be no debate or discussion under the hearing. The panel can ask the witness to clarifymisunderstandings, but there will be no further exchanges on possible disagreements.Each witness will be given minimum five minutes to state his or her case. (Depending on thenumber of participants, this minimum may be expanded). The Marine Stewardship Council will getthe time needed to defend their case.The hearing will be video recorded.