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 snow crab fishery is defined as:
| Species | Chionoecetes opilio |
| Geographical range of fishing operations |
Kyoto Offshore Fishing Area |
| Method of capture | Single Danish Seine Net |
| Stock | Four sub-populations of snow crab in the Japanese EEZ; Okhotsk, Northern Pacific Sea, the Japan Sea and the Western Hokkaido. |
| Management | Multiple layers of fishery resource management are employed in Japan. National Licences for fishing are held (Prefectural Government and Ministry Licensing) and Total Allowable Catch and Total Allowable Effort systems are regulated by the Japanese Government. In addition, a hierarchical resource management system is undertaken at the local level. |
| Client group | Kyoto Danish Seine Fishery Federation |
The certified flathead flounder fishery is defined as:
| Species | Hippoglossoides dubius |
| Geographical range of fishing operations |
Kyoto Offshore Fishing Area |
| Mathod of capture |
Single Danish Seine Net. |
| Stock | Japabn Sea sub population. |
| Management |
Multiple layers of fishery resource management are employed in Japan. National Licences for fishing are held (Prefectural Government and Ministry Licensing) and Total Allowable Catch and Total Allowable Effort systems are regulated by the Japanese Government. In addition, a hierarchical resource management system is undertaken at the local level. |
| Client Group |
Kyoto Danish Seine Fishery Federation |
