Chilean jack mackerel fisheries have 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 2019. Horse mackerel swim in large schools, which makes it easier for fisheries to target them more selectiveSelective fishing methods:
Selective fishing methods capture many target species, and little or no unwanted fish species and animals. without large proportions 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). . The horse mackerel from Chile is currently the only mackerel species with the 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.-certificate and therefore offers a good alternative to Atlantic mackerel from the north-east Atlantic. This stock has been under pressure for quite some time due to lack of proper management. MSC-certified Chilean jack mackerel are 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.