Fisheries - MSC Fisheries

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.

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Cornish hake gill net

Shark Bay prawn

Exmouth Gulf Prawns

DFA Dutch North Sea ensis

OHV Dutch Waddenzee and Oosterschelde Hand Raked cockle

Recently certified

Western Australia sea cucumber

Australia southern bluefin tuna longline and minor line fishery

US Pacific Tuna Group Purse Seine FSC and FAD Set Fishery

Pacific hake mid-water trawl

DFPO, DPPO and SPFPO North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat sandeel, sprat and Norway pout

Recently entered assessment

Klondyke Pelagic Sustainability Group North Sea Herring

U.S. Atlantic summer flounder and black sea bass trawl fishery

Canada Pacific (British Columbia) groundfish trawl option A

Chilean hake (Merluccius gayi) Industrial Trawl Fishery

Dakartuna Atlantic pole and line tuna fishery

Recently entered Improvement Program

Ecuador Mahi-mahi longline fishery

North Peru eel (Ophichthus remiger) trap fishery

Lakes & Coorong Fishery - Finfish

Indonesia Indian Ocean tuna and large pelagics longline

Mexican Pacific Brown Shrimp bottom trawl fishery