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These fisheries pages are the definitive source of fisheries information, and contain the most up-to-date information about assessments. We are currently testing a new fishery search tool and are seeking your feedback during the development process. Before switching to the new search please note that assessment documents may be missing for some fisheries during this beta phase.

 

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:

Species

 Sockeye salmon (Onchorhyncus nerka)

Geographical range of fishing operations

 British Columbia and Canadian Pacific EEZ waters

Method of capture

 Commercial catch is harvested by nets (drift and set gillnets, purse seine) and trolling

Stock

 Skeena watershed
Nass watershed
Barkley sound
Fraser river watershed

Management

 The commercial sockeye fisheries in Canada are managed by Fisheries
and Oceans Canada (DFO).

Client group

 British Columbia Salmon Marketing Council

 

 

 

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