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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South Africa hake longline
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 08 Sep 2026 -
North Sea Brown Shrimp
Surveillance audit announcement
closes 09 Aug 2026 -
Southern king crab, Central Patagonian stock, traps with escape rings fishery in Argentine Sea
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 08 Aug 2026 -
Australia Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (albacore tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and swordfish)
Final Draft Report and determination announcement
closes 04 Aug 2026 -
Natal-Brazil Longline Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna Fishery
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 03 Aug 2026
Recently certified
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East Kamchatka Alaska (Walleye) pollock mid-water trawl
07 Jul 2026 -
Misho's Oysters: Texas and Louisiana private oyster fishery
24 Jun 2026 -
North Peru eel (Ophichthus remiger) trap fishery
27 May 2026 -
US North Pacific halibut and sablefish
12 May 2026 -
Gaspésie lobster trap spring fishery
10 May 2026
Recently entered assessment
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Natal-Brazil Longline Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna Fishery
02 Jun 2026 -
Tuvalu skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna purse seine fishery
22 May 2026 -
Trans-Pacific tuna longline fishery
01 May 2026 -
Peru anchovy small-scale purse seine fishery for Direct Human Consumption (Sechura, Peru)
16 Apr 2026 -
Shardara Reservoir Kazakhstan pikeperch
08 Apr 2026
Recently entered Improvement Program
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Lake Winnipeg North Basin Walleye & Lake Whitefish Fisheries
22 Dec 2025 -
Peru Jumbo flying squid
18 Nov 2025 -
Vietnam skipjack tuna purse seine
01 Oct 2025 -
Tuna Development Indian Ocean Tropical Tuna fishery
01 Oct 2025 -
Pemba Tuna Indian Ocean Tropical Tuna fishery
01 Oct 2025