date:Jun 03, 2014
Icelandic companies, Samherji hf and Sldarvinnslan hf have been awarded Marine Stewardship Council certificates for both of their herring fisheries.
The Norwegian spring-spawning herring and Icelandic summer-spawning herring fisheries together land just under 91,000 metric tons annually, representing 24.95 percent of the Icelandic quota for Norwegian spring-spawning herring and 28.84 percent or the quota for Icelandic summer-spawning herring.
The certification includes six pelagic trawlers an