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Canada offshore northern shrimp

Last Updated: 15th July 2011

Number of fisheries: 2

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Please note that certified Units from this assessment can be found on the Canada offshore northern and striped shrimp web page.

Species

Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

MSC assessment status

Please refer to the assessment downloads for further information.

Fishery location

Atlantic Canadian Waters, FAO Statistical Area 21.

The ‘Northern Shrimp Fishery’, Shrimp Fishing Areas (SFAs) 1

Fishing method

Demersal otter trawl.

Fishery management

The Northern Shrimp resource is managed though the departmental headquarters in Ottawa and assessed through the Newfoundland and Labrador as well as Central and Arctic regions and supported by an Advisory Committee and the advice of the NAFO Scientific Council.

Commercial market

The offshore focuses on the frozen-at-sea, raw and cooked shell-on product, which is marketed primarily in Russia, Ukraine, China, Japan and Western Europe.

Assessment timeline

The assessment process is scheduled for completion around June 2011. Please see the download section for a revised assessment timeline.

The target eligibility date for this fishery is the 15th of December 2009.

The MSC ecolabel can only be applied to product from certified fisheries. The MSC program does allow, in certain circumstances and within strict traceability requirements, the MSC ecolabel to be applied following certification to product caught before the actual date of certification. The target eligibility date therefore represents the date from which products may become eligible to carry the MSC ecolabel, however they cannot be sold until and if the fishery is certified. The actual eligibility date will be determined if the fishery is certified to the MSC standard.

To find out more about when fish from this fishery may be sold with the MSC ecolabel, please follow this link (http://www.msc.org/get-certified/supply-chain/eligibility-dates).

 

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