Certificate Awarded To

Certificate Awarded to

BAY OF BISCAY PURSE SEINE SARDINE FISHERY

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-31181

UNIT OF CERTIFICATION

Target stock: Common sardine( Sardina pilchardus pilchardus) divisions 8.a-b and 8.d (Bay of Biscay) Fishing Area: Bay of Biscay-South Division 8. FAO 27

Fishing method or gear: Purse seine Fishing fleets: Purse seine vessels integrated in the entities described below. An updated vessel list can be found on the MSC website. Entities or categories of entities The client group certificate covers all the vessels integrated in the Basque producer’s organizations (OPEGUI and OPESCAYA) which are at the same time members of the Basque Federations ‘Federación de Cofradías de Guipuzcoa & Federación de Cofradías de Vizcaya ‘; the Cantabrian artisanal producer’s organization (OPACAN) and vessels from the ‘Asociación Cerqueiros Galegos’.

BV Certificate number/version: F-BV-00466 Certification date: 24/01/2017

Expiry date: 23/07/2022 Date of first certification: 24/01/2017

Issued by Bureau Veritas 30/06/2020 Certification Spain, on BVC Contract: 389644

Authorised signatory name: Mónica Botas

Authorised signature:

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 1/2 June, 2020

Point(s) at which the fish and fish products may enter a Chain of Custody In addition, the following auction points and freezer storage warehouses included below are also covered by the fishery certificate. However, after this point, when a change of ownership takes place, a chain of custody shall be required.

REGION AUTHORISED AUCTION POINT

CANTABRIA COFRADIA DE PESCADORES DE CASTRO URDIALES COFRADIA DE PESCADORES DE SANTOÑA COFRADIA DE PESCADORES DE SAN VICENTE DE LA BARQUERA COFRADIA DE PESCADORES DE SAN GINES DE COLINDRES COFRADIA DE PESCADORES SAN MARTIN DE LAREDO

GUIPUZCOA ELKANO ARRANTZALEEN KOFRADIA GETARIA COFRADIA DE MAREANTES DE SAN PEDRO HONDARRIBIA COF. PESC. "SAN PEDRO" DE PASAJES DE SAN PEDRO

VIZCAYA COFRADIA DE PESCADORES SAN PEDRO DE BERMEO COFRADIA DE PESCADORES SAN PEDRO DE LEKEITIO COFRADIA DE PESCADORES SANTA CLARA DE ONDARROA

The freezer warehouses for storage and distribution activities included in the certificate of the fishery as part of the client group are: • Cofradía de Pescadores San Pedro de Bermeo, Muelle Bidea, 9, 48370 Bermeo, Vizcaya. • Frigoríficos de Bermeo. Polígono Lamiaran Aramburu, 48360. Mundaka,Vizcaya. • Congelados SORYMAR (Guipuzcoa) • Arrankoba (Guipuzcoa)

BV Certificate F-BV-00466 number/version: Certification date: 24/01/2017 Expiry date: 23/07/2022 Date of first certification: 24/01/2017 Issued by Bureau Veritas 30/06/2020 Certification Spain, on BVC Contract: 389644

Authorised signatory name: Mónica Botas

MSC Fishery Certificate Template rev5 2/2 June, 2020