MSC CERTification

Our members attaches great importance to conduct responsible and sustainable fishing. MSC certification (Marine Stewardship Council) is one of the confirmations of these actions. Arctic Navigations holds at the moment MSC certificates for the sustainable catch of white fish in Svalbard and Norwegian waters and Atlanex holds MSC certificates for the sustainable catch of pelagic species.

In total our members hold the following MSC certificates:

• cod ICES I, II (Svalbard and Norwegian waters);
• haddock ICES I, II (Svalbard and Norwegian waters);
• saithe ICES IIa (Norwegian waters);
• herring ICES I, IIa, IIb, V i XIV;
• blue whiting ICES I–IX, XII i XIV;
• herring ICES IV i VIId;
• chilean jack mackerel in South Pacific Ocean;
• northern prawn in the Barents Sea.