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Fishery: Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus) Mid-Water Trawl Fishery
Status:
The certification body, TAVEL Certification Inc, has announced the release of the final Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts (PI&SGs) that will be used to evaluate the Pacific Hake mid-water trawl fishery against the MSC Principles and Criteria.
Please refer to the downloads section for further details.
Last updated: 19 December 2007
Location:
US federal EEZ waters off Washington, Oregon and California and Canadian EEZ waters off the British Columbia coast.
Fishing Method:
Mid-water Trawl.
Management:
The fishery is managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO Pacific Region) in Canada and by the National Marine Fisheries Service and Pacific Fishery Management Council in the US. The management framework for the fishery is the recently ratified “Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada on Pacific Hake/Whiting”.
For 2007, the US TAC is 242, 591 mt and the Canadian TAC is 85,767 mt.
Main commercial market:
Pacific hake is used in producing a crab-flavored seafood made with surimi, a fully-cooked fish protein. More recently, it has filled an important market niche in the frozen fillet and block market. The product is sold internationally.
Assessment details:
The assessment started in May 2007 and is expected to take 12 months.
Clients:
Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative (PWCC)
205 SE Spokane St., Suite 338
Portland, Or. 97202, USA
Contact: Mr Jan Jacobs
Tel: +1 (206) 256-2641
E-mail: jan.jacobs@americanseafoods.com
Oregon Trawl Commission
16289 Hwy 101 S, Suite C
Brookings, OR 97415, USA
Tel: +1 (541) 469 7830
Fax: +1 (541) 469 7863
Contact: Mr Brad Pettinger
E-mail: bpettinger@ortrawl.net
Association of Pacific Hake Fishermen (APHF)
313-11673 Seventh Avenue
Richmond, BC V7E 4X3, Canada
Tel: +1(604) 215 7909
Fax: +1 (604) 215 7878
Contact: Ms Shannon Mann
E-mail: shannonmann@marinerseafoods.com
Project Manager on behalf of clients:
Dr Vidar Wespestad
Lynnwood, WA, USA
E-mail: vidarw@verizon.net
Certification Body:
Steve Devitt
TAVEL Certification Inc.
815 - 99 Wyse Road
Dartmouth, NS,
Canada
B3A 4S5
Tel: +1 902 422-4511
Fax: +1 902 422-9780
Mobile: 1 902 497-4586
E-mail: sdevitt@tavelcertify.com
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