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Fishers’ stories – Net Benefits 2009

Does MSC certification make a difference? 10 years on, see what MSC certified fisheries have to say…

In the first 10 years of the MSC, 42 fisheries around the world were certified as sustainable. Read their stories to see what MSC certification really means for:

  • 42 individual fisheries
  • local fish stocks and ecosystems
  • local communities

The stories were published as the MSC 10th anniversary report, Net Benefits, in September 2009.

Net Benefits cover

Read the fishers’ stories

  • The full Net Benefits report

All 42 certified fisheries tell their stories.
Download the full Net Benefits report (PDF, 8mb)

  • The report introduction

A look at our first 10 years and a message from our Chief Executive.
Download the Net Benefits introduction (PDF, 1.1mb)

Press contacts: to source images and contact details for any of the fisheries in the report, contact the MSC media centre.

Want to read about a particular fishery?

  • Fishers: See what MSC certification has meant for a fishery like yours.
  • Restaurants and retailers: Do you source from one of these fisheries? Display their story for your customers.

Download individual fishery stories from the net benefits report. (PDFs, 2-300kb)

Fishery Species Country
Alaska salmon Salmon - sockeye, chum, Chinook, coho and pink United States
AAFA Pacific albacore tuna - north and south  Albacore tuna United States
Astrid Fiske North Sea herring North Sea herring Sweden
Australia mackerel icefish Australia mackerel icefish Australia
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Alaska (Pacific) cod Cod United States
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands pollock and Gulf of Alaska pollock Pollock United States
Burry Inlet cockles Cockle United Kingdom
Canada northern prawn and Gulf of St Lawrence northern shrimp trawl Esquiman Channel Northern prawn/shrimp Canada
Domstein Longliner Partners North East Arctic cod and haddock Cod and haddock Norway
Germany North Sea saithe trawl Saithe Germany
Gulf of St Lawrence northern shrimp and Gulf of St Lawrence northern shrimp trawl fishery Esquiman Channel Northern shrimp Canada
Hastings fleet Dover sole, herring and mackerel Dover sole, herring, and mackerel United Kingdom
KDSFF snow crab and flathead flounder Snow crab and flathead flounder Japan
Lake Hjälmaren pikeperch fish-trap and gill-net Pikeperch Sweden
Lakes and Coorong, South Australia 'Callop' or golden perch, yellow-eyed mullet, mulloway, and 'pip' or cockle Australia
Loch Torridon nephrops creel Langoustine, or Norway lobster United Kingdom
Mexico Baja California red rock lobster Red rock lobster Mexico
New Zealand hoki Hoki New Zealand
NESFC sea bass Sea bass United Kingdom
Norway North Sea saithe and Norway north-east Arctic saithe North Sea saithe and North-east Arctic saithe Norway
Oregon pink shrimp Oregon pink shrimp United States
Patagonian scallop Patagonian scallop Argentina
Pelagic Freezer-Trawler Association North Sea herring Herring Vessels based in the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, France, Ireland and Lithuania
South Africa hake trawl Hake South Africa
South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline South Georgia Patagonian toothfish South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands
South-west handline mackerel Mackerel United Kingdom
Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group North Sea herring North Sea herring United Kingdom
SPSG western component of north east Atlantic mackerel Mackerel United Kingdom
Thames Blackwater herring drift-net Herring United Kingdom
US North Pacific halibut Halibut United States
US North Pacific sablefish Sablefish United States

Western Australia rock lobster

 Rock lobster Australia

 

 

 



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