North Pacific hake has been 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 since 2009. This fishery is managed via an international agreement between Canada and the United States and is well-monitored. MSC-certified North Pacific hake, or Pacific whiting, 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.