MarinTrust Approved Whole Fish
The MarinTrust approved whole fish assessment reports are listed below. Any queries should be emailed to standards@marin-trust.com.
Important Notice:
If a MarinTrust certified factory uses an MSC certified fishery product in the production of fish meal and/or fish oil that has its certificate withdrawn or suspended, this fishery must be assessed under the MarinTrust Standard to gain approval as a compliant raw material. This applies to both whole fish and by-products.
Product from any fishery which loses its MSC certification and does not subsequently meet the MarinTrust Standard, must be separated at the production facility from any MarinTrust approved raw material.
Any MarinTrust certified factories which use MSC certified species that have been withdrawn, must submit a scope extension application form and email to standards@marin-trust.com to gain approval.
The MSC certified species listed on this site have been provided by MarinTrust Standard certificate holders. The MarinTrust Secretariat updates this list regularly, but take no responsibility for the accuracy of the information.
Please check https://www.msc.org for the latest information on any MSC certified species.
Last update |
11 Dec 2020 - 10:42Australia
Approved Whole Fish | Australia | Small Pelagics Fishery Australia - FAO 81 Pacific South east
Chile
Approved Whole Fish | Chile | Chilean (Common) Sardine [Strangomera bentincky] Regions V ‐ X
Approved Whole Fish | Chile | Chilean Anchovy [Engraulis ringens] Regions V-X
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2011 (Initial)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2013 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2014 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment report - 2015 (Reassessment with conditions)
- Fishery Assessment report - 2016 (Surveillance 1 with conditions)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2017 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2018 ( Reassessment) V2.0
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2019 (Surveillance 1) V2.0
Approved Whole Fish | Chile | Chilean Anchovy [Engraulis ringens] Regions XV ‐ IV
- Fishery Initial Assessment Report - 2012 (Initial)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2013 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2014 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2015 (Re-assessment)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2016 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2017 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2018 (Reassessment) V2.0
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2019 (Surveillance 1) V2.0
Approved Whole Fish | Chile | Jack Mackerel [Trachurus murphyi] Region XV - X
Approved Whole Fish | Chile | Sardina Austral /Falkland sprat [Sprattus fueguensis] Region X (de los lagos) FAO 87.3.3
Approved Whole Fish | Chilean jack mackerel Jurel (Trachurus murphyi) - Chile- EEZ XV-X
Denmark
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | Baltic Sprat [Sprattus Sprattus] Subdivisions 22-32, Baltic Sea (shared w/ Latvia)
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | Capelin [Mallotus villosus] - Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea (ICES subdivisions I & II, excluding IIa west of 5W) - shared w/ Norway
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2012 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2013 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Re-assessment Report - 2014 (Re-assessment)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2015 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2016 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2017 (Reassessment)
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | Herring [Clupea harengus] Subdivision 25 - 29 & 32, Central Baltic Sea (excluding Gulf of Riga), Baltic countries: Denmark, Latvia
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | Herring [Clupea harengus] Subdivision 30, Bothnian Sea & Subdivision 31 Bothnian Bay
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | MSC certified raw material
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | North Sea Sprat (Sprattus sprattus) - ICES subarea IV
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | Norway pout [Trisopterus esmarkii] – ICES Subarea IV and IIIa
- Fishery Initial Assessment Report - 2010
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2011
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2012
- Fishery Re-assessment Report - 2013
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2014
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2015
- Fishery Re-assessment Report - 2016
- MSC
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | Sand eel [Ammodytes marinus] – ICES division IIIa & Subarea IV
Approved Whole Fish | Denmark | Skagerrak Kattegat and Western Baltic Herring
Faroe Islands
Approved Whole Fish | Faroe Islands | Capelin (Mallotus villosus) - ICES Subareas V and XIV and Division IIa west of 5W
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2014 (Shared w Iceland Initial)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2015 (Shared w Iceland Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2016 (Shared w Iceland Reassessment)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2017 (Shared w Iceland Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2018 (Shared w Iceland Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2019 (Shared w Iceland Reassessment) V2.0
United Kingdom
Approved Whole Fish | United Kingdom | Boarfish [Capros aper] – Northeast Atlantic
MSC Certified Raw Material
Iceland
Approved Whole Fish | Iceland | Capelin [Mallotus villosus] – ICES Subareas V, XIV and Division IIa west of 5¢ªW
- Fishery Initial Assessment Report - 2010 (initial)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2011(Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2012 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Re-assessment Report - 2013 (Re-assessment)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2014 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2015 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Re-assessment Report - 2016 (Re-assessment)
- MSC
Japan
Approved Whole Fish | Japan | Japanese Sardine [Sardinops sagax – synonym Sardinops melanostictus] Northwest Pacific FAO 61
Latvia
Approved Whole Fish | Latvia | Baltic Sprat [Sprattus Sprattus] Subdivisions 22-32, Baltic Sea (Shared w/ Denmark)
Approved Whole Fish | Latvia | Herring [Clupea harengus] Subdivision 25 - 29 & 32, Central Baltic Sea (excluding Gulf of Riga), Baltic countries: Denmark, Latvia
Mexico
Approved Whole Fish | Mexico | Californian anchovy, Anchoveta norteña [Engraulis mordax] - FAO 77 Gulf of California
Approved Whole Fish | Mexico | Monterrey Sardine [Sardinops sagax] - FAO 77 Gulf of California
Approved Whole Fish | Mexico | Thread Herring [Opisthonema medirastre, libertate & bulleri] - Eastern Central Pacific FAO 77
Norway
Approved Whole Fish | Norway | Calanus [Calanus finmarchiicus] NEZ
Approved Whole Fish | Norway | Capelin [Mallotus villosus] - Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea (ICES subdivisions I & II, excluding IIa west of 5W) - shared w/ Denmark
- Fishery Initial Assessment Report - 2011 (initial)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2012 (surveillance 1)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2013 (surveillance 2)
- Fishery Re-assessment Report - 2014 (re-assessment)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2015 (surveillance 1)
- Fishery Surveillance Assessment Report - 2016 (surveillance 2)
- Fishery Re-assessment Report - 2017 (re-assessment)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2018 (Surveillance 1) V2.0
Approved Whole Fish | Norway | North Sea Sprat [Sprattus sprattus] - ICES Subarea IV - shared with Denmark
Approved Whole Fish | Norway | Norway pout [Trisopterus esmarkii] - North Sea & Skagerrak-Kattegat (ICES Sub Area IV & IIIa) Small mesh
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2011 (Initial)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2012 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2013 (Re-approval)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2014 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2015 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2016 (Re-approval)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2020
Approved Whole Fish | Norway | Sand eel [Ammodytes marinus] - ICES Division IIIa & Subarea IV
Peru
Approved Whole Fish | Peru | Peruvian anchovy [Engraulis ringens] – Northern border of EEZ to 16¢ªS
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2009 (Initial)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2011 (surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2012 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2013 (Re-assessment)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2014 (surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2015 (surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2016 (Re-assessment)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2017 (Surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2018 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report-2019 (Reassessment) V2.0
Approved Whole Fish | Peru-Anchoveta (Engraulis ringens)-Northern Border of Peruvian EEZ To 160 South
United States
Approved Whole Fish | United States | Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) - USA (Virginia, New Jersey, North Carolina)
Approved Whole Fish | United States | Gulf menhaden [Brevoortia patronus] - Gulf of Mexico
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2010 (initial)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2011 (surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2012 (Surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2013 (Re-assessment)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2014 (surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2015 (surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2016 (Re-assessment)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2017 (surveillance 1)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2018 (surveillance 2)
- Fishery Assessment Report - 2019 (Reassessment) V2.0