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
Fishery in Focus: Mexico Baja California red rock lobster
In 2004, the Baja California red rock lobster fishery, on the Pacific coast of northwest Mexico, became one of the first developing world fisheries...
Fishery in Focus: Normandy and Jersey lobster
This cross-border, artisanal fishery includes around 130 small fishing boats catching lobsters using pots. The fishery is spread across three areas...
Current consultations
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WPSTA Western and Central Pacific skipjack and yellowfin free school purse seine
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 25 May 2020 -
ISF Iceland lumpfish
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 18 May 2020 -
Greenland lumpfish
Public comment draft report announcement
closes 02 May 2020 -
Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Sweden Baltic herring and sprat
Public comment draft report announcement
closes 02 May 2020 -
Cornish hake gill net
Announcement Comment Draft Report
closes 28 Apr 2020
Recently certified
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Manitoba boreal forest lakes walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, and lake cisco commercial gillnet fishery
31 Mar 2020 -
West Greenland offshore Greenland halibut
30 Mar 2020 -
EU South Pacific midwater otter trawl Jack mackerel fishery
26 Mar 2020 -
Murmanseld 2 Barents Sea cod and haddock
05 Mar 2020 -
NZRO Gulf of Riga herring and sprat trawl fishery
23 Jan 2020
Recently entered assessment
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ISF Iceland lumpfish
18 Mar 2020 -
Owasebussan Co. Ltd. North Pacific Longline Tuna Fishery for Albacore, Yellowfin Tuna & Bigeye Tuna
23 Jan 2020 -
Indonesia pole-and-line and handline, skipjack and yellowfin tuna of Western and Central Pacific archipelagic waters
15 Jan 2020 -
Yalu Estuary Manila Clam Fishery
27 Dec 2019 -
Mexican Pacific Shrimp Fishery
19 Dec 2019