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Pacific Hake Mid-Water Trawl Fishery Earns MSC Re-Certification

The Pacific hake mid-water trawl fishery, which operates off the west coast of the United States and Canada, has achieved MSC re-certification following an independent, third-party assessment by certifier MRAG Americas.  Read the rest here 10:54

Pacific hake offshore fishery of the United States and Canada, has entered assessment for MSC re-certification.

The mid-water trawl fishery became MSC certified as a sustainable and well-managed fishery in the autumn of 2009. Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) is also known commercially as Pacific whiting. continued@fishnewseu