US and Canada's Pacific whiting fishery gets MSC re-certification
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] November 26, 2014
The Marine Stewardship Council has re-certified the US and Canadian Pacific hake mid-water trawl fishery following an independent, third-party assessment conducted by MRAG Americas.
Under the re-certification the Pacific hake fishery continues to meet the MSC's standards for a sustainable and well-managed fishery that it first approved of back in 2009. At that time the TAC for the jointly managed fishery was 48,061 metric tons on the Canadian side and 135,939 metric tons for the US caught off the coasts of Washington and Oregon. The primary commercial markets for Pacific hake are Europe, Asia and North America. It is used in producing a variety of products including surimi and frozen fillet, dressed and whole fish block markets...
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