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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 Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is defined as:

Species

Theragra chalcogramma

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.

Client group

At-sea Processors Association (APA)

 

 

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