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    Estonia North East Arctic cold water prawn and cod

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1737 Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31405 (F-DNV-144850)
      UoC-0767 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31405 (F-DNV-144850)
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    Alaska Pacific cod - Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0243 Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Traps - Pots 61 (Pacific, Northwest), 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31193 (MRAG-F-0070)
      UoC-0241 Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 61 (Pacific, Northwest), 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31193 (MRAG-F-0070)
      UoC-0242 Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Hooks And Lines - Trolling lines 61 (Pacific, Northwest), 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31193 (MRAG-F-0070)
      UoC-0068 Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Trawls - Bottom trawls 61 (Pacific, Northwest), 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31193 (MRAG-F-0070)
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    Lake Erie Multi-species Commercial

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1010 American yellow perch (Perca flavescens) Traps 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
      UoC-1011 American yellow perch (Perca flavescens) Traps 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
      UoC-1012 American yellow perch (Perca flavescens) Traps 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
      UoC-1009 American yellow perch (Perca flavescens) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
      UoC-1007 American yellow perch (Perca flavescens) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
      UoC-1008 American yellow perch (Perca flavescens) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
      UoC-1023 Walleye (Sander vitreus) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
      UoC-1006 American yellow perch (Perca flavescens) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) MSC-F-31199 (F-ACO-0052)
    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-1016 White bass (Morone chrysops) Traps 02 (America, North - Inland waters) Withdrawn
      UoC-1020 Lake(=Common) whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Traps 02 (America, North - Inland waters) Withdrawn
      UoC-1017 Lake(=Common) whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) Withdrawn
      UoC-1015 White bass (Morone chrysops) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) Withdrawn
      UoC-1027 Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) Trawls - Other 02 (America, North - Inland waters) Withdrawn
      UoC-1013 White perch (Morone americana) Traps - Fyke nets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) Withdrawn
      UoC-1014 White perch (Morone americana) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 02 (America, North - Inland waters) Withdrawn
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    Western Australia Kimberley demersal scalefish trap fishery

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-1359 Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1396 Blue spotted emperor (Lethrinus punctulatus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1414 Sharptooth jobfish (Pristipomoides typus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1398 Duskytail grouper (Epinephelus bleekeri) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1403 Brownstripe red snapper (Lutjanus vitta) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1357 White-blotched grouper (Epinephelus multinotatus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1402 Banded grouper (Epinephelus amblycephalus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1400 Longface emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1399 Yellowstreaked snapper (Lutjanus lemniscatus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1410 Russell's snapper (Lutjanus russelli) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1361 Crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1401 Spotted coralgrouper (Plectropomus maculatus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1360 Areolate grouper (Epinephelus areolatus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1397 Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1356 Emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1412 Crimson jobfish (Pristipomoides filamentosus) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
      UoC-1358 Goldbanded jobfish (Pristipomoides multidens) Traps 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Withdrawn
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    Cantabrian Sea purse seine anchovy fishery

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1119 European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31181 (F-BV-00466)
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    Russia Barents Sea Greenland Halibut

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2066 Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31468
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    FBSA Canada Full Bay sea scallop

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-0720 Atlantic scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Dredges - Boat dredges 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31378 (F-SAI-033)
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    Venetian Wild Harvested Striped Clam (Venus Chamelea gallina)

    • Suspended
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1531 Striped venus (Chamelea gallina) Dredges - Boat dredges 37 (Mediterranean and Black Sea) MSC-F-31381 (DNV-F-264689)
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    Dutch rod and line fishery for sea bass

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0426 European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MEP-F-022
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    Northern Ireland Pelagic Sustainability Group (NIPSG) Irish Sea herring

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0973 Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31153 (F-ACO-0081)
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    Russia Barents Sea Red King Crab

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1508 Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Traps - Pots: traps 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31356 (F-ACO-0121)
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    Western Bering Sea Pollock

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2410 Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma) Trawls - Midwater trawls 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31513
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    FIUN Russian Barents Sea shrimp

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2439 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31520
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    Eastern Canada offshore scallop

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-0102 Atlantic scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) Dredges - Boat dredges 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31195 (F-ACO-0054)
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    Russia Barents Sea Opilio Trap

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2069 Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Traps - Pots 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31467
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    North-West Fishing Consortium Norwegian & Barents Seas cod, haddock & saithe

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1519 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31223 (F-ACO-0071)
      UoC-1157 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31223 (F-ACO-0071)
      UoC-1156 Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31223 (F-ACO-0071)
    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-2326 Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn
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    US Acadian redfish, pollock and haddock otter trawl fishery

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-1175 Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31254 (F-SAI-022)
      UoC-1177 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31254 (F-SAI-022)
      UoC-1174 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31254 (F-SAI-022)
      UoC-1173 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31254 (F-SAI-022)
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    Faroese Pelagic Organization North East Atlantic blue whiting

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-1250 Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31251 (F-DNV-202425)
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    Southeast US North Atlantic swordfish

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code
      UoC-0411 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) Withdrawn MRAG-F-0002
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    Norebo Sea of Okhotsk Mid-Water Trawl Pollock Fishery

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2601 Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma) Trawls - Midwater trawls 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31611
      UoC-2602 Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma) Trawls - Midwater trawls 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31611
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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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