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    Western Asturias Octopus Traps Fishery of Artisanal Cofradias

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1172 Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) Traps 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31230 (F-BV-1065)
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    NAFO 3M Flemish Cap cold water prawn

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-2491 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) Withdrawn
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    North Menai Strait mussel

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0141 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Dredges - Boat dredges 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31243 (MEC-F-017)
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    OSF Orkney brown crab creel fishery

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-1634 Brown crab (Cancer pagurus) Traps - Pots: Baited creel (pot) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn
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    Eastern Canada offshore lobster

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0101 American lobster (Homarus americanus) Traps 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) Withdrawn MSC-F-31194 (F-ACO-0031)
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    Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) offshore bottom trawl fishery in federal waters

    • In Assessment
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area
      UoC-3212 Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 41 (Atlantic, Southwest)
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    CVO sole gillnet

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0100 Common sole (Solea solea) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn F-FCI-0005
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    Razor Clam fishery from Ria de Pontevedra

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0686 Arched razor shell (Ensis magnus) Miscellaneous Gear: Diving - by hand 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31131 (F-BV-00331-ES)
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    Skagerrak, Kattegat and Norwegian Deeps prawn

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-0174 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn
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    North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority sea bass

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0055 European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Fixed gillnets (on stakes) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MML-FC-016
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    Jeong Il Corporation Antarctic krill fishery

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2338 Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Trawls - Other 48 (Atlantic, Antarctic) MSC-F-31517
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    Havsodlarna Swedish West Coast Rope Grown Mussel Fishery

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0770 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Miscellaneous Gear 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31415 (F-CUP-052)
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    Royal Frysk Jutland mussels

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0625 Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Dredges - Boat dredges 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MML-F-118
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    Louisiana blue crab

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-0442 Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) Traps - Pots 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) MSC-F-31382 (F-ACO-0056)
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    Denmark Skagerrak and the Norwegian Deep cold-water prawn

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-1199 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn
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    Faroe Islands North East Arctic haddock

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0649 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31323 (F-DNV121163)
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    Domstein Longliner Partners North East Arctic haddock

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0023 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MML-F-034
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    Gaspésie lobster trap spring fishery

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1089 American lobster (Homarus americanus) Traps - Pots 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31180 (F-SAI-015)
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    Portugal sardine purse seine

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0159 European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MML-F-062
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    Greenland lumpfish

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1088 Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31198 (F-DNV-165369)
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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”.

 

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