Certificate

Awarded to

PESQUERAS ECHEBASTAR S.A

ECHEBASTAR Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack tuna
The fishery has been assessed by Bureau Veritas Certification and conforms to the requirements
of the Marine Stewardship Council Standard and the fishery is well managed and sustainable

Licence Code MSCI0407

The buyer of the fish or fish products sold as certified may, after gaining approval to do so from
MSCI, apply the trademarks to certified products within their scope of certification.
Refer to MSC website www.msc.org as the authoritative source of information on the validity of the
certificate as well as its scope
MSC Certificate code: MSC-F-30029
UNIT OF CERTIFICATION
Target stock: Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis). Indian Ocean stock
Fishing Area: FAO 51 & 57
Fishing method or gear: Purse seine including all set types, specifically Fish Aggregating
Device (FAD or associated) and free school (FSC or non-
associated)
Fishing fleets: Purse seiners owned and operated by the Echebastar Group –
Pesqueras Echebastar S.A. (Echebastar Fleet SLU and Hartswater
Limited). The updated list of vessels can be downloaded from
the MSC website.
Entities or categories of entities
Only vessels owned and operated by the Echebastar group are eligible to use this
certificate.
Point(s) at which the fish and fish products may enter a Chain of Custody
The limit of identification of landings from this fishery is to the first point of sale,
whereupon fish and fish products may enter chains of custody. Downstream certification of
the product would require appropriate certification of storage and handling facilities at
these locations
BV Certificate number/version: ES105160-2
Certification date: 09/11/2018
Expiry date: 08/05/2024
Date of first certification: 09/11/2018
Issued by Bureau Veritas 29/06/2020
Certification Spain, on
BVC Contract: 3966045
Authorised signatory name:

BUREAU VERITAS CERTIFICATION HOLDING 8 cours du Triangle - 92800 Puteaux - France

The certificate shall remain the property of Bureau Veritas Certification, and the certificate and all copies or reproductions
of the certificate shall be returned or destroyed if requested by Bureau Veritas Certification

MSC Fishery Certificate Template rev5 1/1

June, 2020