Summary
In this article, the authors examine the effectiveness of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in addressing the issue of global depletion of fish stocks, as well as its broader political and socio-economic effects. The analysis concludes that the effects of MSC in global fisheries governance are varied, with some synergistic and some antagonistic trends. The authors warn against the uncritical expansion of private rule-setting organisations, advising instead that the global impliacations of their varying effects should be taken into greater account.