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FISF Faroe Islands North East Arctic cold water prawn - Certified with Unit(s) in Assessment
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31411 (F-DNV-146646) UoC-0765 In Assessment Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) UoC-3133 -
West Greenland coldwater prawn - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31391 (F-ACO-0027) UoC-0202 -
Exmouth Gulf Prawns - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Blue endeavour prawn (Metapenaeus endeavouri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls: Quad rigged 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) MSC-F-30006 UoC-1958 Certified Brown tiger prawn (Penaeus esculentus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) MSC-F-30006 UoC-1138 Certified Western king prawn (Penaeus (Melicertus) latisulcatus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern) MSC-F-30006 UoC-1137 -
Estonia North East Arctic cold water prawn and cod - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31405 (F-DNV-144850) UoC-1737 Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31405 (F-DNV-144850) UoC-0767 -
Germany North Sea Brown shrimp - Withdrawn
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number Withdrawn Common shrimp (Crangon crangon) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) UoC-0401 -
Mexican Pacific Shrimp Fishery - Withdrawn
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number Withdrawn Blue shrimp (Penaeus stylirostris) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) UoC-2309 Withdrawn Whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) UoC-2310 Withdrawn Yellowleg shrimp (Penaeus californiensis) Trawls - Midwater trawls - shrimp trawls 77 (Pacific, Eastern Central) UoC-2311 -
CVO Dutch North Sea brown shrimp - Withdrawn
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number Withdrawn Common shrimp (Crangon crangon) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) UoC-0142 -
India Kerala deep-sea shrimp trawl fishery - In-transition to MSC
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number In-transition to MSC Arabian red shrimp (Aristeus alcocki) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls: Demersal Trawl 51 (Indian Ocean, Western) UoC-2471 In-transition to MSC Humpback nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus gibbosus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls: Demersal Trawl 51 (Indian Ocean, Western) UoC-2473 In-transition to MSC Indian nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus woodmasoni) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls: Demersal trawl 51 (Indian Ocean, Western) UoC-2472 -
U.S. Gulf of Mexico shrimp - In Assessment
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3005 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3011 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3020 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3023 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3029 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3035 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3008 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3014 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3026 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3032 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3038 In Assessment Northern brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) Trawls - Other: Beam trawl for catching surface shrimp 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3017 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3007 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3013 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3022 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3025 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3031 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3037 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3010 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3016 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3028 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3034 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3040 In Assessment Northern pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum) Trawls - Other: Beam trawl for catching surface shrimp 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3019 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3006 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3012 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3015 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3021 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3024 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3030 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3036 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3009 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3027 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3033 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Other 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3039 In Assessment Northern white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus) Trawls - Other: Beam trawl for catching surface shrimp 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) UoC-3018 -
Wash Brown Shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Common shrimp (Crangon crangon) Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31456 UoC-1811 -
Suriname Atlantic seabob shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - pair trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) MSC-F-31291 (F-ACO-0085) UoC-0177 -
North Sea Brown Shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Common shrimp (Crangon crangon) Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-30003 UoC-1292 -
Guyana seabob - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Seabob shrimp (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 31 (Atlantic, Western Central) MSC-F-31432 UoC-1921 -
US West Coast pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl fishery - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Oregon pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 67 (Pacific, Northeast) MSC-F-31355 (MRAG-F-0045) UoC-1196 Certified Oregon pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 67 (Pacific, Northeast) MSC-F-31354 (MRAG-F-0034) MSC-F-31355 (MRAG-F-0045) UoC-0054 Certified Oregon pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 67 (Pacific, Northeast) MSC-F-31355 (MRAG-F-0045) UoC-1195 -
Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) coastal trawling fishery in waters of Province of Chubut - In Assessment
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number In Assessment Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 41 (Atlantic, Southwest) UoC-3147 -
Australia royal red prawn - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Jack-knife shrimp (Haliporoides sibogae) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 81 (Pacific, Southwest) MSC-F-31595 UoC-2788 -
Indonesia Kotabaru Prawn - In-transition to MSC
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area MSC UoC Number In-transition to MSC Banana prawn (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) UoC-2596 In-transition to MSC Yellow shrimp (Metapenaeus brevicornis) Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Trammel nets 71 (Pacific, Western Central) UoC-2597 -
Canada northern and striped shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 18 (Arctic Sea), 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0488 Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-1339 Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-1338 Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0092 Not certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0490 Certified Striped shrimp (Pandalus montagui) Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls 18 (Arctic Sea), 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) MSC-F-31284 (F-ACO-0112) UoC-0091 -
Scotian Shelf shrimp - Withdrawn
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Withdrawn Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest) F-SCS-0023 UoC-0447 -
FIUN Russian Barents Sea shrimp - Certified
View DetailsStatus (Units of Certification) Species Gear Type Ocean Area Certificate Code MSC UoC Number Certified Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls 27 (Atlantic, Northeast) MSC-F-31520 UoC-2439
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”.