Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) coastal trawling fishery in waters of Province of Chubut

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
  Vessel List	20 Oct 2025	1 files
  Public certification report	20 Mar 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	20 Mar 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	26 Feb 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	26 Feb 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	23 Jan 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	22 Jan 2025	1 files

• Initial assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-3147	Argentine red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls	41 (Atlantic, Southwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	20 Mar 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	20 Mar 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (235.80 Kb)	20 Oct 2025

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	26 Feb 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	26 Feb 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (581.32 Kb)	27 Feb 2025

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	23 Jan 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	22 Jan 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	17 Jul 2024	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	06 Mar 2024	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Use of the RBF	06 Mar 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	06 Mar 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	06 Mar 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	20 Jan 2025	1 files

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