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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General Tuna Western and Central Pacific High Seas Pocket-1 skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye tuna purse seine fishery
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 07 Oct 2026 -
Canada 2J3KL northern cod gillnet, longline, handline, and otter trawl
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 02 Oct 2026 -
Northern Shellfish Limfjord blue mussel
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 28 Sep 2026 -
Pêche Avenir South Indian Ocean Rock Lobster fishery
Public Comment Draft Report announcement
closes 23 Sep 2026 -
Greenland offshore Greenland halibut
Surveillance audit announcement
closes 23 Sep 2026
Recently certified
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Reunion Island longline swordfish and tuna fishery
20 Aug 2026 -
Southern Indian Ocean Saint Paul Rock Lobster Fishery
14 Aug 2026 -
US North Pacific halibut and sablefish
10 Aug 2026 -
Northern Territory sea cucumber
10 Aug 2026 -
European South Pacific mid water trawl jack mackerel fishery
04 Aug 2026
Recently entered assessment
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General Tuna Western and Central Pacific High Seas Pocket-1 skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye tuna purse seine fishery
08 Aug 2026 -
Northern Shellfish Limfjord blue mussel
28 Jul 2026 -
Canada 2J3KL northern cod gillnet, longline, handline, and otter trawl
28 Jul 2026 -
Kyung Yang and Namgung Korean longline albacore, yellowfin and bigeye tuna fishery
15 Jul 2026 -
Natal-Brazil Longline Bigeye and Yellowfin Tuna Fishery
02 Jun 2026
Recently entered Improvement Program
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Tawi-Tawi free dive donkey's ear abalone
08 Jul 2026 -
Ecuador South Eastern Pacific swordfish – longline fishery
07 Jul 2026 -
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