FROM Nord has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its herring, following a year of rigorous science-based assessment by independent auditors.

The producers' association established in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1965, is made up of members from ocean-fishing companies at the ports of Boulogne-sur-Mer (EURONOR), Saint-Malo (Compagnie des Pêches Saint-Malo) and Fécamp (France Pélagique), artisan ships, trawlers, mussel dredgers and netters unloading at the ports of Dunkerque, Boulogne, Calais, Dieppe and Fécamp, as well as the Gulf of Gascogne.

“This certification should help us to better showcase herring production on the French and European market,” said Thierry Missonnier, director, FROM Nord.

Herring is one of the most important species by volume for FROM Nord and for the region. The fishery landed more than 3,000 tonnes of herring in 2014 and has five artisan pelagic trawlers from the north-western part of France.

“The goal of the MSC is to make the market for seafood products more sustainable and give consumers the ability to actively participate in this global movement. However, this wouldn't be possible without the fishermen and organisations that commit to initiatives that showcase sustainable fishing,” added Edouard Le Bart, manager, MSC France.

“The producers association FROM Nord is already a driving force behind the certification of pollock, cod and haddock fisheries,” he added.

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