Atlantic Ocean tropical tuna French purse seine

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
  Surveillance report	04 Mar 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Accepted variation	02 Feb 2026	1 files
  Variation Response	30 Jan 2026	1 files
  Variation Request	22 Jan 2026	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	05 Sep 2025	1 files
  Proposed peer reviewers	23 Jul 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Proposed PRs	23 Jul 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (58.09 Kb)	30 Jan 2026
  Variation Response	PDF (56.65 Kb)	17 Dec 2025
  Stakeholder Announcement: Early Year 1 surveillance	PDF (212.02 Kb)	21 May 2024
  Gap analysis	PDF (261.33 Kb)	30 Oct 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (124.15 Kb)	13 Jan 2023
  Variation Request	PDF (432.24 Kb)	10 Jan 2023

• Initial assessment (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2907	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): All set types combined	34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)
    UoC-2906	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): All set types combined	34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	14 Mar 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	14 Mar 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	14 Mar 2024	2 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	08 Feb 2024	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	08 Feb 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder input (FDR)	08 Feb 2024	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	27 Nov 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	27 Nov 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	27 Nov 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	24 May 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	19 Jan 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder Input (ACDR)	20 Sep 2023	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	19 Jan 2023	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	08 Feb 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2907	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): All set types combined	34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)
    UoC-2906	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): All set types combined	34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	05 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Mar 2026	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Accepted variation	02 Feb 2026	1 files
  Variation Request	22 Jan 2026	1 files

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• Early application of Section SE (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2906	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): All set types combined	34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	23 Jul 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Proposed PRs	23 Jul 2025	1 files

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  Announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Announcement	09 May 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Accepted variation	12 May 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	04 Apr 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	09 May 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	09 May 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2907	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): All set types combined	34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)
    UoC-2906	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): All set types combined	34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Apr 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Accepted variation	11 Mar 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Y1S report publication due to harmonisation	16 Dec 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	07 Mar 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	10 Mar 2025	1 files

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