Recertification Assistance Fund

• Scotian Shelf snow crab trap
  Certificate holder: Affiliation of Seafood Producers Association of Nova Scotia ASPANS) 
• West Greenland coldwater prawn
  Certificate holder:Sustainable Fisheries Greenland 
• Louisiana blue crab
  Certificate holder:Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
• US Atlantic spiny dogfish, winter skate and little skate
  Certificate holder:Sustainable Fisheries Association, Inc.
• Germany Lower Saxony mussel dredge and mussel culture
  Certificate holder:Niedersächsische Muschelfischer GbR
• AAFA and WFOA North Pacific Albacore Fishery
  Certificate holder:American Albacore Fishing Association, Western Fishboat Owners Association
• AAFA and WFOA South Pacific albacore tuna
  Certificate holder:Western Fishboat Owners Association, American Albacore Fishing Association
• Newfoundland & Labrador snow crab
  Certificate holder:Association of Seafood Producers 
• OHV Dutch Waddenzee and Oosterschelde Hand Raked Cockle
  Certificate holder:Op Handkracht Verder (OHV)
• DFA Dutch North Sea Ensis
  Certificate holder:CPO Nederlandse Vissersbond
• Canada Pacific halibut (British Columbia)
  Certificate holder:Pacific Halibut Management Association of BC
• US North Atlantic swordfish, yellowfin, and albacore tuna pelagic longline fishery
  Certificate holder:Day Boat Seafood LLC
• Normandy and Jersey Lobster
  Certificate holder:Normandie Fraicheur Mer 
• SARPC Toothfish
  Certificate holder:Syndicat des Armements Réunionnais de Palangrier - Congélateurs (SARPC)
• FBSA Canada Full Bay sea scallop
  Certificate holder:Full Bay Scallop Association (FBSA)
• Vietnam Ben Tre clam hand gathered fishery
  Certificate holder:Ben Tre Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

In 2025, the Recertification Assistance Fund also supported the following fisheries that entered early (Section SE) assessment against v3.1 of the MSC Fisheries Standard: 

• Tri Marine Pacific Ocean longline tuna fishery
  Certificate holder:Tri Marine International (PTE) LTD
• Solomon Islands skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine and pole and line
  Certificate holder:Tri Marine International (PTE) LTD, National Fisheries Developments Ltd
• Solomon Islands longline albacore, bigeye, and yellowfin tuna fishery
  Certificate holder:Tri Marine International (PTE) LTD
• Tri Marine Western and Central Pacific skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna fishery
  Certificate holder:Tri Marine International (PTE) LTD
• Fortuna Pacific longline albacore, bigeye and yellowfin tuna fishery
  Certificate holder:Tunago Fishery Co., Ltd
• US Pacific Tuna Group Purse Seine FSC and FAD Set Fishery
  Certificate holder:US Pacific Tuna Group
• Philippine small-scale yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) handline fishery
  Certificate holder:Philippine Tuna Handline Partnership
• TAFCO FSM skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery
  Certificate holder:Taiyo A & F Co., Ltd.
• Dongwon Pacific purse seine yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack fishery
  Certificate holder:Dongwon Industries
• Dongwon Pacific longline yellowfin, bigeye and albacore fishery
  Certificate holder:Dongwon Industries
• Indonesia pole-and-line and handline, skipjack and yellowfin tuna of Western and Central Pacific archipelagic waters
  Certificate holder:Asosiasi Perikanan Pole & Line dan Handline Indonesia (AP2HI)
• Japanese Pole and Line skipjack and albacore tuna fishery
  Certificate holder:Meiho Gyogyo Co., Ltd.
• Kyowa-Meiho Japan skipjack and yellowfin purse seine fishery
  Certificate holder:Meiho Gyogyo Co., Ltd., Kyowa Suisan CO., LTD Tokai Gyogyo CO., LTD
• Dae Hae Pacific Yellowfin, Bigeye, and Albacore Longline
  Certificate holder:Dae Hae Fisheries Co., Ltd 
• SI WCPO skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery
  Certificate holder:ITOCHU Corporation (TOKEA section) 
• TTKV WCPO skipjack and yellowfin tuna purse seine fishery
  Certificate holder:ITOCHU Corporation (TOKEA section)
• Silla WCPO longline tuna fishery
  Certificate holder: Silla Company Limited
• Silla WCPO purse seine tuna fishery
  Certificate holder:Silla Company Limited, Nauru Fisheries Development Corporation
• Fukuichi Western and Central Pacific Ocean longline bigeye, yellowfin and albacore tuna
  Certificate holder:Fukuichi Fishery Co., Ltd.
• Kochi and Miyazaki Offshore Pole and Line Albacore and Skipjack fishery
  Certificate holder: Japan Offshore Pole-and-line Tuna Fishery Sustainability Council
• Katsuo Ippon-zuri Gyogyo albacore and skipjack pole and line fishery
  Certificate holder:Katsuo Ippon-Zuri Gyogyo Co., Ltd.
• DFC/HEC Western and Central Pacific longline bigeye, yellowfin and albacore tuna fishery
  Certificate holder:Dong Won Fisheries Co., Ltd., Hansung Enterprise Co. Ltd                          

Annette Islands Reserve salmon 
Certificate holder: Metlakatla Indian Community

Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands toothfish & icefish
Certificate holder: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd, Australian Longline Pty Ltd

Australia Northern prawn 
Certificate holder: Northern Prawn Fishery Industry Pty Ltd

Australia western rock lobster
Certificate holder: Western Rock Lobster Council

Canada northern and striped shrimp
Certificate holder: Canadian Association of Prawn Producers (CAPP)

Clearwater Seafoods Eastern Canadian Offshore Clam
Certificate holder: Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership

Compagnie des Pêches de St Malo and Euronor Northeast Arctic cod and haddock fishery 
Certificate holder: La Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo, Euronor

Limfjord blue shell mussel (rope grown) 
Certificate holder: Vilsund Blue A/S

Macquarie Island (MI) toothfish
Certificate holder: Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd, Australian Longline Pty Ltd

Maldives pole & line skipjack tuna 
Certificate holder: Maldives Seafood Processors and Exporters Association (MSPEA)

Patagonian scallop (Zygochlamys patagonica) bottom otter trawl fishery
Certificate holder: Glaciar Pesquera S.A., Wanchese Argentina S.R.L.

PFA, SPSG, SPFPO, DFPO and DPPO North Sea Herring 
Certificate holder: Pelagic Freezer Trawler Association (PFA), Danmarks Fiskeriforening Producent Organisation (DFPO), Swedish Pelagic Federation Producers Organisation (SPFPO), Danmarks Pelagiske Producentorganisation (DPPO), The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group Ltd. (SPSG)

Shetland & Scottish Mainland Rope Grown mussel Enhanced Fishery
Certificate holder: Seafood Shetland, Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group Ltd

Small Pelagics Fishery in Sonora, Gulf of California
Certificate holder: Camara Nacional de la Industria Pesquera

South Australia Lakes and Coorong pipi 
Certificate holder: Southern Fishermen's Association Australia, Goolwa Pipi Co

Suriname Atlantic seabob shrimp 
Certificate holder: Heiploeg International BV

UK Fisheries Ltd/DFFU/Doggerbank Northeast Arctic cod, haddock and saithe 
Certificate holder: UK Fisheries Ltd, Deutsche Fischfang-Union GmbH & Co. KG (DFFU), Doggerbank Seefischerei GmbH

US West Coast pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl fishery 
Certificate holder: Oregon Trawl Commission, Pacific Seafood

Canada Scotia-Fundy haddock fishery
• Certificate holder: Atlantic Groundfish Council

Cornwall sardine fishery
• Certificate holder: Cornish Sardine Management Association

Ekofish Group and Osprey Trawlers North Sea Twin-rigged Plaice fishery
• Certificate holder: Ekofish Group BV

Ekofish Group and Osprey Trawlers North Sea Twin-rigged Plaice fishery
• Certificate holder: Osprey Group BV

Mexico Baja California red rock lobster fishery
• Certificate holder: Federación Regional de Sociedades Cooperativas de la Industria Pesquera Baja California, FCL (FEDECOOP)

Norway North East Arctic cod offshore (>12nm) fishery
• Certificate holder: Norwegian Fishermen’s Association (NFA)

Norway North East Arctic haddock offshore (>12nm) fishery
• Certificate holder: Norwegian Fishermen’s Association (NFA)

Scapeche, Euronor and Compagnie des Peches de St Malo saithe fishery
• Certificate holder: Comptoir des Pêches d'Europe du Nord (Euronor), La Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo, Société Centrale des Armements des Mousquetaires à la pêche (Scapêche)

SFSAG Northern Demersal Stocks fishery
• Certificate holder: Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG)

• Spencer Gulf King prawn fishery
  Certificate holder: Spencer Gulf & West Coast Prawn Fishermen’s Association Inc.
  
  
• US North Pacific halibut and sablefish
  Certificate holder: Fishing Vessel Owners’ Association (FVOA) - Eat on the Wild Side
  
  
• Netherlands blue shell mussel (translocation bottom & cultured fishery)
  Certificate holders: Vereniging Producentenorganisatie van de Nederlandse Mosselcultuur (Dutch PO Mussel Culture), the Zeeuwse Hangcultuurkwekers and Vereniging van Importeurs van Schelpdieren
  
  
• South Georgia Icefish Pelagic Trawl
  Certificate holder: Polar Seafish Ltd.
  

• Gulf of St Lawrence northern shrimp trawl fishery
  Certificate holders: L’Association Québécoise de l’Industrie de la Pêche (AQIP), L’Association Coopérative des Pêcheurs de L’îIle Ltée, Association of Seafood Producers Inc. (ASP), Produits Belle-Baie Ltée
  
  
• Canada Highly Migratory Species Foundation (CHMSF) British Columbia Albacore Tuna North Pacific
  Certificate holder: Canadian Highly Migratory Species Foundation (CHMSF)
  
  
• Norway North Sea herring
  Certificate holder: Norwegian Fishermen’s Association
  
  
• Norway Spring Spawning herring
  Certificate holder: Norwegian Fishermen’s Association
  
  
• OCI Grand Bank yellowtail flounder trawl fishery
  Certificate holder: Ocean Choice International
  
  
• Ross Sea toothfish longline fishery
  Certificate holder: Silvifish Resources Ltd.
  
  
• Eastern Canada Offshore Scallop
  Certificate holder: Seafood Producers Association of Nova Scotia
  
  
• BSAI and GOA flatfish
  Certificate holder: Alaska Seafood Cooperative
  
  
• BSAI and GOA Pacific cod
  Certificate holder: Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation

• Pacific hake midwater trawl fishery
  Certificate holders: Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative (U.S.A),  Oregon Trawl Commission and Association of Pacific Hake Fishermen (Canada).
  
  
• Canada scotian shelf northern prawn trawl
  Certificate holders: Association of Seafood Producers Inc,  L’Association coopérative des pêcheurs de l'Île (ACPI) and Northsyde Processing Ltd.