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Wash Brown Shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Common shrimp (Crangon crangon) Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31456 UoC-1811 -
Suriname Atlantic seabob shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - pair trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) MSC-F-31291 (F-ACO-0085) UoC-0177 -
North Sea Brown Shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Common shrimp (Crangon crangon) Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-30003 UoC-1292 -
Guyana seabob - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) MSC-F-31432 UoC-1921 -
US West Coast pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl fishery - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Oregon pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 67 (Pacific, Northeast) MSC-F-31355 (MRAG-F-0045) UoC-1196 Certified Oregon pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 67 (Pacific, Northeast) MSC-F-31354 (MRAG-F-0034) MSC-F-31355 (MRAG-F-0045) UoC-0054 Certified Oregon pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 67 (Pacific, Northeast) MSC-F-31355 (MRAG-F-0045) UoC-1195 -
Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) coastal trawling fishery in waters of Province of Chubut - In Assessment
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number In Assessment Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 41 (Atlantic, Southwest) UoC-3147 -
Australia royal red prawn - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Jack-knife shrimp (Haliporoides sibogae) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 81 (Pacific, Southwest) MSC-F-31595 UoC-2788 -
Indonesia Kotabaru Prawn - In-transition to MSC
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number In-transition to MSC Banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) UoC-2596 In-transition to MSC Yellow shrimp (Metapenaeus brevicornis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) UoC-2597 -
FISF Faroe Islands North East Arctic cold water prawn - Certified with Unit(s) in Assessment
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31411 (F-DNV-146646) UoC-0765 In Assessment Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) UoC-3133 -
Canada northern and striped shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 18 (Arctic Sea), 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0488 Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-1339 Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-1338 Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0092 Not certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0490 Certified Striped shrimp (Pandalus montagui) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 18 (Arctic Sea), 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0091
Glossary
Certificate Code: A unique identifier associated with different components of a fishery. Clicking on a Certificate Code will download the Certificate file that contains the detailed scope of the certification.
Certifier: Body that performs conformity assessment services for fisheries against the MSC Standard during certification process.
Gear Type: Method used to capture the target species.
Ocean Area: Location of fishing activity by FAO Major Fishing Area.
MSC UoC Number: Unique identifier used only by this website to assist users in seeing the same Units of Assessment/Units of Certification across different pages and tables.
Species: Those species which have been assessed under Principle 1 of the MSC Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Fishing for an individual fishery. Presented as 'Common name (scientific name)' throughout the site.
Status (Units of Certification): Individual Units of Assessment/Units of Certification within a single fishery are assigned a status related to their assessment against the MSC Standard.
Certified: Has a valid MSC Certificate.
In Assessment: Undergoing assessment against the MSC Standard.
Suspended: MSC certification temporarily invalid.
Withdrawn: No longer in the program.
Not certified: Did not meet the MSC Standard.
Units of Assessment: The target stock(s) combined with the fishing method/gear and practice (including vessel type/s) pursuing that stock, and any fleets, or groups of vessels, or individual fishing operators or other eligible fishers that are included in an MSC fishery assessment.
Units of Certification: The target stock(s) combined with the fishing method/gear and practice (including vessel/s) pursuing that stock. When the term “unit of certification” is used for fisheries that are in assessment, it refers to the “unit of assessment” or “unit of potential certification”.