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In 2000 Western Australia's West Coast Rock Lobster Fishery was the first fishery in the world to be certi​fied as ecologically sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). In 2022 it was the first fishery to be certified as sustainable for a fifth time. 

Information on certified fisheries is available from the MS​C​.

Several other Western Australian fisheries have also begun the journey towards MSC certification.

 

​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No.20
Resource Assessment Report Abrolhos Islands and Mid-West Trawl Managed Fishery Resource

​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No.17
Ecological Risk Assessment of the Exmouth Gulf Prawn Managed Fishery
​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No.16
Ecological Risk Assessment of the Shark Bay Invertebrate Fisheries
​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No.15
Ecological Risk Assessment of the Abrolhos Islands and Mid-West Trawl Managed Fishery
​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No.14
Resource Assessment Report Western Australian Octopus Resource
​​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No.13
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Risk Assessment of the Western Australian Sea Cucumber Fishery
​​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 12
Resource Assessment Report Western Australian Sea Cucumber Resource
​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 11
Summary of the stock structure information used for determining spatial management of the index species for the scalefish resources of northern Western Australia

​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 9
Resource Assessment Report Western Rock Lobster Resource of Western Australia

 

​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 9 Addendum

 

​​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 8
Marine Stewardship Council Full Assessment Report Western Australian Abalone Managed Fishery
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​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 8 Addendum

 

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​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 8 Addendum 2

 

​​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 7
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Risk Assessment of the Western Australian Abalone Managed Fishery
​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 6
Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Risk Assessment of the Western Australian Silver-Lipped Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima) Industry
​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 5
Western Australian Silver-lipped Pearl Oyster (Pinctada maxima) Industry

​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 4
West Coast Deep Sea Crustacean Managed Fishery 

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​​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 4 Addendum

 

Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 3
West Coast Estuarine Managed Fishery (Area 2: Peel-Harvey Estuary) & Peel-Harvey Estuary Blue Swimmer Crab Recreational Fishery
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Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 3 Addendum 1​ 

 

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​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 3 Addendum 2​ 

 

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​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 3 Addendum 3​ 

 

Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 3 Addendum 4​

 

​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 2
Shark Bay Prawn Managed Fishery
​Western Australian Marine Stewardship Council Report Series No. 1
​Exmouth Gulf Prawn Managed Fishery

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