The Alaska pollock fishery in the eastern Bering Sea, along the Aleutian Islands and in the Gulf of Alaska has got MSC-certifiedMSC Certified:
Fisheries that comply with the Marine Stewardship Council assessment criteria and are certified. Fish products with the blue MSC label are caught by sustainable fisheries. in 2005. This fishery mainly uses midwaterMidwater otter trawls:
A fishing technique whereby conical nets are dragged through the water column and are kept open by large square 'otter planks'. otter trawls. These are trawl nets that are towed through the water column and therefore have no impact on the seabed.
Since 2013, the Russian Alaska pollock fishery in the Sea of Okhotsk also received MSC certification.
Fish in season
Fish is in season when the spawning period has ended, as the quality is then at its best.