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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Current consultations

Tasmania abalone fishery

Northern Territory sea cucumber

Russia Sea of Okhotsk pollock

Red and common octopus fishery, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Hawaii longline swordfish, bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishery

Recently certified

Ghanaian Atlantic Ocean skipjack and yellowfin tuna pole and line fishery

Dongwon Pacific Ocean Tuna purse seine and longline fishery

Ghanaian Atlantic Ocean skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery

Estonian Lake Peipus perch and pike-perch

Russia Barents Sea Opilio Trap

Recently entered assessment

Northern Territory sea cucumber

Tasmania abalone fishery

Västkustfisk North Sea Demersal Fishery

Catalonian handline wild bluefin tuna

Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) bottom trawl fishery by chubutense coastal chilling vessels

Recently entered Improvement Program

Lake Winnipeg North Basin Walleye & Lake Whitefish Fisheries

Peru Jumbo flying squid

Tuna Development Indian Ocean Tropical Tuna fishery

Vietnam skipjack tuna purse seine

Pemba Tuna Indian Ocean Tropical Tuna fishery