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    Indonesia Kotabaru Prawn

    • Improvement Program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2596 Banana prawn (Penaeus 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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    Dalian Haiyangdao Sea Yesso scallop

    • In Assessment
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area
      UoC-3945 Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Dredges - Boat dredges 61 (Pacific, Northwest)
      UoC-3946 Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) Dredges - Boat dredges 61 (Pacific, Northwest)
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    Indonesia Central Java Prawn

    • Improvement Program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2598 Banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product
      UoC-2610 Banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) Traps - Pots 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Not eligible as Improvement Product
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    Canada sablefish

    • 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      UoC-0094 Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Hooks And Lines - Longlines 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn SCS-F-0084
      UoC-0095 Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Hooks And Lines 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn SCS-F-0084
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    Alaska pollock - 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-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(Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma) Trawls - Midwater trawls 61 (Pacific, Northwest), 67 (Pacific, Northeast) Withdrawn MSC-F-31220 (MRAG-F-0032)
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    New Zealand arrow squid Trawl

    • 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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    British Columbia spiny dogfish

    • 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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    Indonesia Southeast Maluku Evu mud crab trap

    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-2475 Indo-Pacific swamp crab (Scylla serrata) Traps - Pots: Pots (bubu) 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Withdrawn
      UoC-2476 Orange mud crab (Scylla olivacea) Traps - Pots: Pots (bubu) 71 (Pacific, Western Central) Withdrawn
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    Sajo WCPO and EPO bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore tuna longline

    • 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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    New Zealand Oreo

    • 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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    Kolkhoz im. Bekereva Vivenskoye-Belorechensk Karaginsky Bay salmon fisheries

    • Certified
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code
      UoC-2105 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2107 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2108 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2110 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2111 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2113 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored) 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2716 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2717 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2718 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Traps - Stationary uncovered pound nets: Coastal trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
      UoC-2719 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) MSC-F-31482
    • No longer in the program
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area Status (Units of Certification)
      UoC-2106 Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2109 Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2112 Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2114 Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Gear not know or not specified: Trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2115 Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored) 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2116 Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2117 Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) Gear not know or not specified: trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2118 Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored) 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2119 Dolly varden (Salvelinus malma) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2120 Whitespotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis) Gear not know or not specified: Trap net 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2121 Whitespotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored) 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
      UoC-2122 Whitespotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets 61 (Pacific, Northwest) Withdrawn
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    FSM Western and Central Pacific Tuna Purse Seine Fishery

    • 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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    North Peru eel (Ophichthus remiger) trap fishery

    • In Assessment
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area
      UoC-2857 Punctuated snake-eel (Ophichthus remiger) Traps: Eel Trap 87 (Pacific, Southeast)
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    Eastern Australia stout whiting

    • In Assessment
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear Type Ocean Area
      UoC-3938 Stout whiting (Sillago robusta) Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines 71 (Pacific, Western Central)
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    Aniva Bay pink salmon trap net fishery

    • 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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    Kolkhoz Udarnik Karaginsky Gulf Karaga Bay and Litke Strait pacific salmon

    • Suspended
      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
    • No longer in the program
      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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    California Dungeness crab

    • 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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    California chinook salmon

    • 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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    Ecuador Mahi mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) longline fishery

    • 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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    Ecuador Mahi-mahi longline fishery

    • 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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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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