Certifier : 
Bureau Veritas Certification
Certified status : 
Certified
Certified since : 
09 Nov 2018
Certificate expires : 
08 May 2024

Assessments

The MSC Fisheries Standard is used to assess if a fishery is well-managed and sustainable. More about how the standard is used, what is assessed and the process.

Interested in contributing as a stakeholder? See how you can engage with a fishery assessment.

The Echebastar Indian Ocean skipjack fishery is being assessed using a revised MSC assessment process.

Download a briefing on this assessment process and how stakeholders can provide input >

The fishery was first assessed to the MSC fisheries standard in 2013 as the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna fishery. The fishery was not certified.