{"id":6447,"date":"2015-03-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2015\/03\/31\/wa-crystal-crabs-to-be-assessed\/"},"modified":"2015-03-31T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T07:00:00","slug":"wa-crystal-crabs-to-be-assessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/wa-crystal-crabs-to-be-assessed\/","title":{"rendered":"WA crystal crabs to be assessed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australia\u2019s Fisheries Minister Ken Baston said he was pleased the State\u2019s crystal crab was joining Mandurah\u2019s blue swimmer crab and sea mullet fisheries in seeking full MSC assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently operating with an allowable harvest of 140 tonnes per year, the fishery is keen to see its sustainable operations undergo assessment against the world-leading MSC certification standard,\u201d Mr Baston said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExports to China account for about 30% of sales and independent certification will further enhance the fishery\u2019s reputation as a quality, sustainable, seafood provider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest fisheries to undertake full assessment join the Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf prawn fisheries vying for the same goal. WA\u2019s western rock lobster fishery, the world\u2019s first fishery to attain MSC certification, has been MSC certified for 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Full assessment of the crystal crab fishery may take up to 18 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean Fishery is entering Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6447"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}