Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodo
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an international non-profit organization that sets a Fisheries Standard [1] for environmentally sustainable fishing, based on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing [2]. Fisheries can undergo...
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| description | The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an international non-profit organization that sets a Fisheries Standard [1] for environmentally sustainable fishing, based on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing [2]. Fisheries can undergo a pre-assessment—a quicker, less detailed evaluation than full certification—to identify gaps before pursuing MSC certification. Pre-assessments are often used by fisheries planning Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs).This dataset [3] includes information from 276 pre-assessments conducted between 2003 and 2023, covering 70 flag countries, 257 species, and 53 fishing gear types. It contains fishery names, areas, report dates, client and assessor details, links to Fishery Progress FIP unique identifiers (where present), MSC certification links, and MSC scores at the performance indicator level. Only publicly available reports are included, covering both MSC-certified and non-certified fisheries. These are generally representative of the types of gears, target species, and habitat types of fisheries in the full set of reports including confidential reports. The accuracy of extracted data was validated against the original reports using a sampling approach.This dataset provides a basis for comparing the sustainability performance of fisheries from around the world under a common scoring system, as well as tracking progress over time in instances where fisheries conduct multiple pre-assessments. Fields were included to link to other available global databases, including MSC full assessments, FIP databases, and global wild-capture production data assembled by FAO, facilitating wider application to global fisheries analyses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f4dedb6568e64be2a1c8d8d1d2575f192025-08-04T04:24:03ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092025-08-0161111696Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodoJennifer Rasal0Michael C. Melnychuk1Sophie Ferber2Amanda Lejbowicz3Carlos Montero-Castaño4Catherine Longo5Marine Stewardship Council, 1 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2DH, UK; Corresponding author.Marine Stewardship Council, 1 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2DH, UKMarine Stewardship Council, 1 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2DH, UKMarine Stewardship Council, 1 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2DH, UKMarine Stewardship Council, 1 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2DH, UKMarine Stewardship Council, 1 Snow Hill, London EC1A 2DH, UK; Liverpool John Moores University, School of Biological & Environmental Sciences, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UKThe Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an international non-profit organization that sets a Fisheries Standard [1] for environmentally sustainable fishing, based on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing [2]. Fisheries can undergo a pre-assessment—a quicker, less detailed evaluation than full certification—to identify gaps before pursuing MSC certification. Pre-assessments are often used by fisheries planning Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs).This dataset [3] includes information from 276 pre-assessments conducted between 2003 and 2023, covering 70 flag countries, 257 species, and 53 fishing gear types. It contains fishery names, areas, report dates, client and assessor details, links to Fishery Progress FIP unique identifiers (where present), MSC certification links, and MSC scores at the performance indicator level. Only publicly available reports are included, covering both MSC-certified and non-certified fisheries. These are generally representative of the types of gears, target species, and habitat types of fisheries in the full set of reports including confidential reports. The accuracy of extracted data was validated against the original reports using a sampling approach.This dataset provides a basis for comparing the sustainability performance of fisheries from around the world under a common scoring system, as well as tracking progress over time in instances where fisheries conduct multiple pre-assessments. Fields were included to link to other available global databases, including MSC full assessments, FIP databases, and global wild-capture production data assembled by FAO, facilitating wider application to global fisheries analyses.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925004263MSCFishery improvementFIPFisheries managementEco-labelSustainable seafood |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Rasal Michael C. Melnychuk Sophie Ferber Amanda Lejbowicz Carlos Montero-Castaño Catherine Longo Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodo Data in Brief MSC Fishery improvement FIP Fisheries management Eco-label Sustainable seafood |
| title | Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodo |
| title_full | Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodo |
| title_fullStr | Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodo |
| title_short | Global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre-assessments against the Marine Stewardship Council’s fisheries standardZenodo |
| title_sort | global fisheries sustainability performance data collected from pre assessments against the marine stewardship council s fisheries standardzenodo |
| topic | MSC Fishery improvement FIP Fisheries management Eco-label Sustainable seafood |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340925004263 |
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