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 Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is defined as:
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Species |
Theragra chalcogramma |
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Geographical range of fishing operations |
Gulf of Alaska |
|
Method of capture |
Pelagic Trawl |
|
Stock |
Pollock in the Gulf of Alaska are managed as a single stock independently of pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. |
|
Management |
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, National Marine Fisheries Service. |
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Client group |
At-sea Processors Association (APA) |
