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MSC Scholarship Program Helps Fund Sustainability Research in Four Oceans

The program provides funding of up to GBP 4,000 per student.

(UNITED KINGDOM, 8/15/2018)

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced the five winners of the latest round of its scholarship program, including a project to study Arctic food webs, trials to monitor lobster stocks off the coast of Scotland and a project to monitor fish aggregating devices (FADs) in small-scale Indonesian tuna fisheries.

The program provides funding of up to GBP 4,000 per student to support research looking at environmental improvement, supply chain management or best practice in fisheries management. Last year’s winners have already started contributing to ocean su... (More Info)

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