The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has welcomed five new members to its Stakeholder Council.

The MSC Stakeholder Council provides the Board with advice, guidance and recommendations from a variety of informed perspectives about the operations of the MSC in pursuit of its mission. The Council is made up of two chambers, one commercial, made up of interests from the catch, processing, supply, retail, and food service sectors; and the other public interest, made up of interests from academia, science, management, and the marine conservation community.

The following new Stakeholder Council members commenced their terms in May 201:

Commercial chamber
Mr Eduardo Gonzalez-Lemmi, SAN ARAWA S.A., Argentina
Mr Keith Kenny, McDonald’s Europe, UK

Public interest chamber
Mr Guillermo Cañete, Fundación Vida Silvestre (Wildlife Foundation), Argentina
Dr Alasdair Harris, Blue Ventures, UK/Madagascar
Mr Peter Trott, WWF Australia