Unit of certification
The unit of certification is the unit that is assessed by certifiers against the MSC environmental standard. It is defined as the fishery or fish stock (a biologically distinct unit) combined with the fishing method/gear and practice (the vessel/s) pursuing that stock. This is set at the beginning of the assessment.
The fishery: Unit of certification
The certified British Columbia sockeye salmon fishery is defined as:
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Species |
Sockeye salmon (Onchorhyncus nerka) |
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Geographical range of fishing operations |
British Columbia and Canadian Pacific EEZ waters |
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Method of capture |
Commercial catch is harvested by nets (drift and set gillnets, purse seine) and trolling |
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Stock |
Skeena watershed Nass watershed Barkley sound Fraser river watershed |
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Management |
The commercial sockeye fisheries in Canada are managed by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). |
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Client group |
British Columbia Salmon Marketing Council |
