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SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Buccinum undatum

SPECIES NAME(s)

Whelk, Common

The whelk has a broad distribution in the North Atlantic with a large genetic variation among populations from European shelf, Britain, Faroe Island, Iceland, Canada, and Greenland (Weetman et al. 2005),(Weetman et al. 2006),(Pálsson et al. 2014).

This fishery entered full assessment by the Marine Stewardship Council system in April 2014. Click here to link to the MSC fishery page and to learn more about the MSC fishery certification unit.


ANALYSIS

No related analysis

SCORES

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