Marine Stewardship Council

organization promoting and certifying sustainable fishing
Organization non_governmental_organization Q1891246
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Summary

Marine Stewardship Council is a non-governmental organization[1]. It draws 710 Wikipedia views per month (non governmental organization category, ranking #79 of 417).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: nonprofit organization[4], charitable organization[5]
  • Founder: WWF International[6], Unilever[7]
  • Headquarters location: City of London[8]
  • Commons category: Marine Stewardship Council[9]
  • Inception: 1997[10], February 17, 1997[11]
  • Location of formation: London[12]
  • Official website: https://www.msc.org/[13]
  • Employees: 227[14], 230[15], 196[16], 171[17], 147[18], 247[19], 267[20]
  • Legal form: private company limited by guarantee[21]
  • Short name: MSC[22]
  • Total revenue: 30,096 pounds sterling[23], 29,466,000 pounds sterling[24], 26,294,000 pounds sterling[25], 24,878,504 pounds sterling[26], 19,942,284 pounds sterling[27], 29,789,000 pounds sterling[28], 32,734,000 pounds sterling[29], 33,080,000 pounds sterling[30], 33,734,000 pounds sterling[31]
  • Exact match: https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-047kbbm64[32]
  • Donations: 3457 pounds sterling[33], 4,384,000 pounds sterling[34], 3,887,000 pounds sterling[35], 5,854,647 pounds sterling[36], 4,263,801 pounds sterling[37], 2,406,000 pounds sterling[38], 2,273,000 pounds sterling[39], 906,000 pounds sterling[40], 253,000 pounds sterling[41]
  • Social media followers: 5040[42], 6930[43], 7580[44], 8010[45]
  • Official observer status in organization: Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission[46], Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission[47]

Why It Matters

Marine Stewardship Council has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . FindThatCharity.uk. Retrieved . findthatcharity.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . iattc.org. iattc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wcpfc.int. wcpfc.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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