date:Sep 01, 2012
Great silver smelt (Argentina silus) taken from this fishery are now eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel and the Faroe Islands fishery is the first MSC certified silver smelt fishery in the world. The assessment was carried out by independent certifier Det Norske Veritas.
Silver smelt fishing takes place around the Faroe Bank and Faroe Plateau in the North East Atlantic (FAO area 27, in ICES division Vb2). The fishing season stretches from April to September with the greatest landings made in Jul