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Fishery Species Gear types Locations MSC status Tonnage
South Brittany sardine purse seine European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Suspended 15000
Portugal sardine purse seine European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn
South Australia Sardine Fishery Sardine (Sardinops sagax) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) Certified 39071
Cornwall sardine, UK European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Certified 16000
Bay of Biscay purse seine sardine fishery European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Suspended 7213
Small Pelagics Fishery in Sonora, Gulf of California Pacific thread herring (Opisthonema libertate), Sardine (Sardinops sagax) Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) Certified 124490
Northern Adriatic sea European anchovy and European pilchard pelagic pair trawl European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus) Trawls - Pair trawls 37 (Mediterranean and Black Sea) Withdrawn 5545
CSHMAC Celtic Sea herring trawl Herring (Clupea harengus), European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus), European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) Trawls - Midwater trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) Withdrawn 7900
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