198 results
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View Details Indonesia Central Java Prawn
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Improvement Program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-2598 Banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product UoC-2610 Banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) Traps - Pots 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product
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Improvement Program
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View Details Indonesia Kotabaru Prawn
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Improvement Program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-2596 Banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product UoC-2597 Yellow shrimp (Metapenaeus brevicornis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product
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Improvement Program
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View Details Canada sablefish
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code UoC-0094 Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn SCS-F-0084 UoC-0095 Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Hooks And Lines 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn SCS-F-0084
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View Details Alaska pollock - Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code UoC-0069 Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma) Trawls - Midwater trawls 61 (Pacific, Northwest), 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31220 (MRAG-F-0032)
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No longer in the program
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View Details New Zealand arrow squid Trawl
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-1116 Wellington flying squid (Nototodarus sloanii) Trawls - Bottom trawls 81 (Pacific, Southwest) Withdrawn UoC-1113 Gould's flying squid (Nototodarus gouldi) Trawls - Bottom trawls 81 (Pacific, Southwest) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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View Details Indonesia Southeast Maluku Evu mud crab trap
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Improvement Program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-2475 Indo-Pacific swamp crab (Scylla serrata) Traps - Pots: Pots (bubu) 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product UoC-2476 Orange mud crab (Scylla olivacea) Traps - Pots: Pots (bubu) 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product
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Improvement Program
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View Details British Columbia spiny dogfish
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) Certificate Code UoC-0244 Spotted spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) Hooks And Lines 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn F-SCS-0087 UoC-0742 Spotted spiny dogfish (Squalus suckleyi) Hooks And Lines 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn F-SCS-0086
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No longer in the program
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View Details Sajo WCPO and EPO bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore tuna longline
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Certified
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-2989 Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31639 UoC-2990 Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31639 UoC-2991 Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31639 UoC-2992 Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31639 UoC-2993 Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) MSC-F-31639 UoC-2994 Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) MSC-F-31639
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Certified
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View Details New Zealand Oreo
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-1115 Smooth oreo dory (Pseudocyttus maculatus) Trawls - Bottom trawls 81 (Pacific, Southwest) Withdrawn UoC-1114 Black oreo (Allocyttus niger) Trawls - Bottom trawls 81 (Pacific, Southwest) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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View Details Aniva Bay pink salmon trap net fishery
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-0736 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Traps 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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View Details FSM Western and Central Pacific Tuna Purse Seine Fishery
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Certified
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-2382 Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine unassociated sets (also referred to as sets on free-swimming schools – FSC) and purse seine sets associated with drifting floating objects, including natural floating objects and drifting fish aggregating devices 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31515 UoC-2384 Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine unassociated sets (also referred to as sets on free-swimming schools – FSC) and purse seine sets associated with drifting floating objects, including natural floating objects and drifting fish aggregating devices 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31515 UoC-2386 Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine unassociated sets (also referred to as sets on free-swimming schools – FSC) and purse seine sets associated with drifting floating objects, including natural floating objects and drifting fish aggregating devices 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31515 UoC-2836 Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine unassociated sets (also referred to as sets on free-swimming schools – FSC) and purse seine sets associated with drifting floating objects, including natural floating objects and drifting fish aggregating devices 71 (Pacific, Western Central), 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) MSC-F-31515 UoC-2838 Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine unassociated sets (also referred to as sets on free-swimming schools – FSC) and purse seine sets associated with drifting floating objects, including natural floating objects and drifting fish aggregating devices 71 (Pacific, Western Central), 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) MSC-F-31515 UoC-2840 Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine unassociated sets (also referred to as sets on free-swimming schools – FSC) and purse seine sets associated with drifting floating objects, including natural floating objects and drifting fish aggregating devices 71 (Pacific, Western Central), 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) MSC-F-31515
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Certified
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View Details Kolkhoz Udarnik Karaginsky Gulf Karaga Bay and Litke Strait pacific salmon
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Certified
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-2478 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Traps: Coastal trap nets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31529 UoC-2479 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Traps: Coastal trap nets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31529 -
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MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-2480 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Traps: Coastal trap nets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
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Certified
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View Details California Dungeness crab
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-0090 Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) Traps - Pots 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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View Details Ecuador Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) longline fishery
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-2068 Common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 87 (Pacific, Southeast) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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View Details California chinook salmon
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-0089 Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Hooks And Lines 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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View Details Ecuador Mahi-mahi longline fishery
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Improvement Program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-3614 Common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 87 (Pacific, Southeast) Not eligible as Improvement Product
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Improvement Program
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View Details Indonesia Teluk Saleh inshore snapper/grouper
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Improvement Program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-2599 Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus) Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated) 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product UoC-2600 Leopard coralgrouper (Plectropomus leopardus) Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated) 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product UoC-2634 Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus) Hooks And Lines - Set longlines: Bottom longlines 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product UoC-2635 Leopard coralgrouper (Plectropomus leopardus) Hooks And Lines - Set longlines: Bottom longlines 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product
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Improvement Program
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View Details SZLC, CSFC, FMLC & MIFV RMI EEZ longline yellowfin, bigeye and albacore tuna
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Certified
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code UoC-1950 Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31440 UoC-1951 Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31440 UoC-3132 Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline 71 (Pacific, Western Central) MSC-F-31440
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Certified
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View Details Vyvenskoe-Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay salmon fisheries
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-2152 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2154 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2155 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2157 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2158 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2160 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2161 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Seine Nets - Beach seines 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2162 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2163 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Seine Nets - Beach seines 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2164 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2165 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Seine Nets - Beach seines 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2166 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2712 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2713 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2714 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn UoC-2715 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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View Details Juan Fernández Rock lobster
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No longer in the program
MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification) UoC-1046 Juan Fernandez rock lobster (Jasus frontalis) Traps - Pots 87 (Pacific, Southeast) Withdrawn UoC-1048 Juan Fernandez rock lobster (Jasus frontalis) Traps - Pots 87 (Pacific, Southeast) Withdrawn UoC-1047 Juan Fernandez rock lobster (Jasus frontalis) Traps - Pots 87 (Pacific, Southeast) Withdrawn
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No longer in the program
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”.