Atlantic herring

Several Atlantic herring fisheries are MSCMSC:
Marine Stewardship Council, an independent, international non-profit organization that has developed an eco-label that guarantees well-managed, sustainable fisheries. Fish products that meet the criteria of the eco-label can be identified by the blue MSC logo.-certified in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. A large proportion of herring on the Dutch market carries the MSC-logo. MSC-certified herring is caught with pelagicPelagic trawls:
In pelagic trawling, a trawl is pulled through the water column. The net is not towed across the seabed. trawls and pursePurse seines:
A ring net in which the net is circulated around a school of fish. Then the net is closed and taken in. This is also called 'purse seine'.  seines. Both fishing methods have little impact on the seabed. As herring can be caught in large schools, the level of bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards).  is also often small.

The herring stockStock:
The fish of a particular species reproducing in the same area in the same period.  in this area and the fishing pressureFishing pressure:
Fishing pressure is a result of the fishing effort/amount of fishing on a stock, which determines the fishing mortality. Fishing mortality is the share of the fish stock that dies annually as a result of fishing. on it are both at a sustainableSustainable:
Meeting the needs of current generations without compromising opportunities for future generations. This also allows future generations to benefit from the same needs. level.

Fishing with pelagicPelagic trawls:
In pelagic trawling, a trawl is pulled through the water column. The net is not towed across the seabed. trawls and pursePurse seines:
A ring net in which the net is circulated around a school of fish. Then the net is closed and taken in. This is also called 'purse seine'.  seines are highly unlikely to have a major impact on the ecosystem and other species. Since herring is a shoal fish, most of the catch consists only of herring with little bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards).  of other species.

There is no long-term management plan for herring in this area, but current monitoring is sufficient to establish catch limitsCatch limits:
The maximum amount of fish of a species caught per country, per year. . The managementManagement:
The regulations surrounding fisheries and aquaculture that ensure that production is carried out within legal frameworks and that sustainability can be assured. of this species is largely effective.

The herringstockStock:
The fish of a particular species reproducing in the same area in the same period. s in these areas are currently not at a sustainableSustainable:
Meeting the needs of current generations without compromising opportunities for future generations. This also allows future generations to benefit from the same needs. level. They are either overfishedOverfished:
A stock is overfished when the stock size has decreased so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term.  or in danger of being overfished.

Fishing with pelagicPelagic trawls:
In pelagic trawling, a trawl is pulled through the water column. The net is not towed across the seabed. trawls and purse seines is highly unlikely to have a major impact on the ecosystem and other species. Since herring is a shoal fish, most of the catch consists only of herring with little bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards).  of other species.

While herring are well monitored in this area, managementManagement:
The regulations surrounding fisheries and aquaculture that ensure that production is carried out within legal frameworks and that sustainability can be assured. is not in line with scientific advice. Management of this species is partially effective.

The herring stockStock:
The fish of a particular species reproducing in the same area in the same period.  in this area is currently not at a sustainableSustainable:
Meeting the needs of current generations without compromising opportunities for future generations. This also allows future generations to benefit from the same needs. level. The biomassBiomass:
Biomass is the mass (weight) of living organisms in an area or ecosystem at the time. of the stock is decreasing due to low recruitment of young fish. The fishing pressureFishing pressure:
Fishing pressure is a result of the fishing effort/amount of fishing on a stock, which determines the fishing mortality. Fishing mortality is the share of the fish stock that dies annually as a result of fishing. is too high and endangers this stock.

Fishing with pelagicPelagic trawls:
In pelagic trawling, a trawl is pulled through the water column. The net is not towed across the seabed. trawls is unlikely to have a major impact on the ecosystem and other species. Since herring is a shoal fish, most of the catch consists only of herring and little bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards).  of other species.

There is no long-term management plan for herring in this area, but current monitoring is sufficient to establish catch limitsCatch limits:
The maximum amount of fish of a species caught per country, per year. . The managementManagement:
The regulations surrounding fisheries and aquaculture that ensure that production is carried out within legal frameworks and that sustainability can be assured. of this species is largely effective.