ANABAC Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack fishery

Assessments

The MSC Fisheries Standard is used to assess if a fishery is well-managed and sustainable. More about how the standard is used, what is assessed and the process.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	12 Feb 2024	1 files
  Public certification report	12 Feb 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	12 Feb 2024	1 files
  Vessel List	12 Feb 2024	1 files
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	18 Jan 2024	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	09 Aug 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	09 Aug 2023	1 files

• Initial assessment (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2683	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seiner FSC & FAD sets	51 (Indian Ocean, Western), 57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	12 Feb 2024	1 files
  Public certification report	12 Feb 2024	1 files

  There was an objection accepted to the final report and determination for this fishery.
  The Independent Adjudicator’s final decision is included in the Public Certification Report.
  Please email standards@msc.org to request the documents related to this objection.

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (212.06 Kb)	12 Feb 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (63.46 Kb)	12 Feb 2024

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	09 Aug 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	09 Aug 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder input (FDR)	09 Aug 2023	2 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	09 Jun 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	09 Jun 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	08 Aug 2023	2 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	25 Jan 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	27 Sep 2022	1 files
  Stakeholder Input (ACDR)	26 Nov 2022	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	27 Sep 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change in site visit location	PDF (136.63 Kb)	10 Nov 2022

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	18 Jan 2024	1 files

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