date:Oct 04, 2013
The Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAC) saithe fishery has been certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. The certification is the second for the group, which also represents the SFSAG haddock fishery that obtained MSC certification in 2010.
Fishing with bottom trawls, pair trawls and Scottish seines, the fishery includes around 230 Scottish vessels with an annual catch of around 10,000 metric tons (MT). As part of the certification the fishery has committe