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  • FBSA Canada Full Bay sea scallop - Certified

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number
    Certified Atlantic scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Dredges - Boat dredges 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31378 (F-SAI-033) UoC-0720
  • Bass Strait central zone scallop - Certified

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number
    Certified Southern Australia scallop (Pecten fumatus) Dredges - Boat dredges: Scallop harvester vessel 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) MSC-F-31536 UoC-2477
  • Baie de Saint-Brieuc scallop dredge fishery - Certified

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number
    Certified Great Atlantic scallop (Pecten maximus) Dredges - Boat dredges: Scallop dredge 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31574 UoC-2642
  • Zhangzidao scallop - Withdrawn

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number
    Withdrawn Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Dredges - Hand dredges 61 (Pacific, Northwest) UoC-0681
    Withdrawn Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Miscellaneous Gear 61 (Pacific, Northwest) UoC-0679
    Withdrawn Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Miscellaneous Gear 61 (Pacific, Northwest) UoC-0678
    Withdrawn Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Traps 61 (Pacific, Northwest) UoC-0680
  • Isle of Man Queen scallop trawl - Withdrawn

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number
    Not certified Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) Dredges - Boat dredges 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) UoC-0265
    Withdrawn Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) UoC-0120
  • Eastern Canada offshore scallop - Certified

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number
    Certified Atlantic scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Dredges - Boat dredges 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31195 (F-ACO-0054) UoC-0102
  • New Zealand southern scallop - Withdrawn

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number
    Withdrawn New Zealand scallop (Pecten novaezelandiae) Dredges - Boat dredges 81 (Pacific, Southwest) UoC-0139
  • Abrolhos Island and Mid-West scallop trawl fishery - Certified

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number
    Certified Ballot's saucer scallop (Ylistrum balloti) Trawls - Otter twin trawls 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) MSC-F-31526 UoC-2474
  • Faroe Islands queen scallop - Certified

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number
    Certified Queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) Dredges - Boat dredges 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31552 UoC-0104
  • Japanese scallop hanging and seabed enhanced fisheries - Certified

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    Status (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number
    Certified Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Dredges - Boat dredges 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31365 (F-ACO-0068) UoC-0432
    Certified Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Harvesting Machines 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31365 (F-ACO-0068) UoC-0431
    Certified Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Traps 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31365 (F-ACO-0068) UoC-0430
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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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