The MSC is partnering with sustainable fisheries across the globe, from large-scale industrial fisheries to small artisanal fisheries, to drive the market for sustainable seafood.
Find information on fisheries in the MSC Programme
Current consultations
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Dongwon Atlantic bluefin and southern bluefin tuna longline fishery
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 20 Jan 2026 -
US Atlantic Scup Trawl, Pot, and Fish Weir fishery
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 15 Jan 2026 -
Eastern Pacific Ecuador Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery (FSC and FAD set fishery)
Surveillance audit announcement
closes 11 Jan 2026 -
Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) offshore bottom trawl fishery in federal waters
Public Comment Draft Report announcement
closes 10 Jan 2026 -
French Polynesia albacore, yellowfin and swordfish longline fishery
Surveillance audit announcement
closes 10 Jan 2026
Recently certified
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U.S. Atlantic summer flounder and black sea bass trawl fishery
05 Dec 2025 -
DFC/HEC Pacific longline bigeye, yellowfin and albacore tuna fishery
03 Dec 2025 -
ANABAC Indian Ocean tropical tuna purse seine fishery
27 Nov 2025 -
SATHOAN French Mediterranean Bluefin tuna artisanal longline and handline fishery
12 Nov 2025 -
ISF Icelandic summer spawning herring trawl and seine
11 Nov 2025
Recently entered assessment
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Dongwon Atlantic bluefin and southern bluefin tuna longline fishery
21 Nov 2025 -
US Atlantic Scup Trawl, Pot, and Fish Weir fishery
14 Nov 2025 -
DFPO demersal fisheries in the North Sea and adjacent waters
07 Nov 2025 -
CVO demersal fishery in the North Sea and adjacent waters
31 Oct 2025 -
Fue Shin Fishery (FSF) WCPO Longline Albacore, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Fishery
29 Oct 2025
Recently entered Improvement Program
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Peru Jumbo flying squid
18 Nov 2025 -
Tuna Development Indian Ocean Tropical Tuna fishery
01 Oct 2025 -
Vietnam skipjack tuna purse seine
01 Oct 2025 -
Pemba Tuna Indian Ocean Tropical Tuna fishery
01 Oct 2025 -
Mexican Pacific artisanal shrimp fishery
08 Sep 2025