Get certified

Apply online

Our online application process covers new applications and recertifications or scope extension applications for existing certificate holders.​

The MarinTrust secretariat conducts initial approval of the application form.

The Certification Body accepts the application form and contacts the applicant to schedule the audit date.​ ​

All recertification applications must be submitted 6 months before the certificate expiry date.

Any changes or additions to the certificate scope must be submitted at least 3 months before the scheduled audit​.

Confirm whole fish and by-products are approved​

Approved raw materials are a pre-requisite for the audit.

If an assessment of raw materials is required, the Certification Body will complete the assessment within 3 months for whole fish assessments and 1 month for by-products.​

Find a Certification Body​

The Certification Body schedules and completes facility site audit​.

Ask the Certification Body to provide a certification timeline.

If any non-conformities are raised during the audit, the facility has up to 21 working days to submit evidence to close non-conformities.

All certification decisions sit with the certification body and their auditors​.

The certificate is issued to the facility and published on the MarinTrust website.​

A MarinTrust certificate is valid for 3 years, subject to successful annual surveillance audits​.

To maintain certification, the facility must undergo annual surveillance audits​.

All recertification applications must be submitted 6 months before the certificate expiry date​.

Review guidelines for certified sites. This includes the rules for the use of the MarinTrust logo and certification claims.

All approved whole fish fisheries can be found here.

1. If a new whole fish fishery assessment is required, the Certification Body receives the request for assessment​.
2. The Certification Body completes a desk-based assessment​. Whole fish assessments take up to 3 months to complete.
3. If required, the Certification Body will contact the facility to seek further information​. Applicants or certificate holders will have up to 30 days to respond and support providing further evidence.
4. The Certification Body submits a draft report for external peer review via the Fisheries Assessment Peer Review Group​. External peer review is completed within 2 weeks, and peer review report sent to Certification Body. The Certification Body must respond and, if required, amend the report following peer review comments​.
5. Certification Body then takes the approval decision​
6. If approved, the Certification Body submits the final report which is published on the MarinTrust website​. 

Whole fish approval is valid for 3 years, subject to successful annual surveillance assessments​.

To maintain approval, annual surveillance assessments are required​.

The Certification Body may request additional information from facilities to support the continuation of approval​.

Following the initial assessment, fishery assessments are completed annually until a request from the certificate holder(s) is made (via the online application process) to remove the whole fish from the scope of their certificate.  

All approved by-products can be found here​.

1. ​If a new by-product assessment is required, the Certification Body receives the request for assessment​.
2. The Certification Body completes a desk-based assessment​. By-product risk assessments take up to 1 month to complete​.
3. The Certification Body takes the approval decision​.
4. If approved, the Certification Body submits the final report which is published on the MarinTrust website​

By-product approval is reviewed annually.

The Certification Body may request additional information from facilities to support the continuation of approval​.

Following the initial assessment, by-product assessments are completed annually until a request from the certificate holder(s) is made (via the online application process) to remove the by-product from the scope of their certificate.