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Fishery Species Gear types Locations MSC status Tonnage
Northern Ireland Pelagic Sustainability Group(NIPSG) Irish Sea-Atlantic mackerel & North Sea herring Herring (Clupea harengus) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 21878
Finland Baltic herring & sprat Herring (Clupea harengus), European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) Traps Trawls - Other 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 79985
Southern Gulf of California Thread Herring Thread herrings nei (Opisthonema spp) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Certified 68602
PFA, SPSG, SPFPO, DFPO and DPPO North Sea Herring Herring (Clupea harengus) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 277949
ISF Norwegian & Icelandic herring trawl and seine Herring (Clupea harengus) Seine Nets Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 116264
Norway North Sea herring Herring (Clupea harengus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)... 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 88169
NZRO Gulf of Riga herring and sprat trawl fishery Herring (Clupea harengus), European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified
Northern Ireland Pelagic Sustainability Group (NIPSG) Irish Sea herring Herring (Clupea harengus) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 5219
FROM Nord North Sea and Eastern Channel pelagic trawl herring Herring (Clupea harengus) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 5116
Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Sweden Baltic herring and sprat Herring (Clupea harengus), European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)... 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified
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