Ashtamudi Estuary short-necked clam

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.

Interested in contributing as a stakeholder? See how you can engage with a fishery assessment.

• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Fishery Suspended	15 Jan 2020	1 files
  Variation Response	05 Nov 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	01 Nov 2019	1 files
  Other document: Suspension notification lifted	28 Oct 2019	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	10 Oct 2019	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	29 Aug 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Jul 2019	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (114.81 Kb)	15 Jan 2020
  Variation Response	PDF (196.42 Kb)	05 Nov 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (206.94 Kb)	01 Nov 2019
  Other document: Suspension notification lifted	PDF (94.80 Kb)	28 Oct 2019
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (115.79 Kb)	10 Oct 2019
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (42.12 Kb)	29 Aug 2019

• Initial Assessment (started 2013)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1005	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Dredges - Hand dredges	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)
    UoC-1004	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Traps	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	04 Nov 2014	1 files
  Public certification announcement	04 Nov 2014	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	16 Sep 2014	2 files
  Final report and determination	16 Sep 2014	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	31 Jul 2014	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	31 Jul 2014	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	11 Mar 2014	3 files
  Peer review confirmation	24 Jun 2014	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	25 Jul 2013	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	19 Jul 2013	1 files
  Use of the RBF	23 Jul 2013	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	11 Jun 2013	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	11 Jun 2013	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	18 Jul 2013	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	11 Jun 2013	2 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1005	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Dredges - Hand dredges	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)
    UoC-1004	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Traps	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Apr 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Jul 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (142.08 Kb)	16 May 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (195.39 Kb)	16 May 2019

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1005	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Dredges - Hand dredges	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)
    UoC-1004	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Traps	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Jan 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	17 Apr 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1005	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Dredges - Hand dredges	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)
    UoC-1004	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Traps	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Feb 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Jul 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Surveillance audit	PDF (315.10 Kb)	10 Apr 2017
  Variation Request	PDF (274.15 Kb)	06 Jul 2017
  Variation Response	PDF (192.64 Kb)	06 Jul 2017

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1005	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Dredges - Hand dredges	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)
    UoC-1004	Short neck clam (Paphia malabarica)	Traps	51 (Indian Ocean, Western)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Feb 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 May 2016	1 files

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