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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
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	09 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 Mar 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	23 Jan 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Jun 2023	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Mar 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	12 Aug 2022	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (163.23 Kb)	09 May 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (163.18 Kb)	08 May 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	PDF (93.12 Kb)	23 Jan 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (79.16 Kb)	26 Nov 2019
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (169.44 Kb)	16 Aug 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (55.54 Kb)	14 May 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	05 Aug 2020	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	05 Aug 2020	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	21 May 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	21 May 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	14 Apr 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 Apr 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Jan 2020	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	23 Oct 2019	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	23 Oct 2019	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	24 Oct 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 Mar 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 May 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Mar 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Jun 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Mar 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	12 Aug 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (475.50 Kb)	14 Jun 2022

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• Initial Assessment (started 2013)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	25 Aug 2015	1 files
  Public certification announcement	25 Aug 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  List of client group members	PDF (89.82 Kb)	26 Aug 2015

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	23 Jul 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination	23 Jul 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	07 May 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report	10 May 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	06 Jan 2015	1 files
  Peer review confirmation	27 Jan 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	17 Dec 2013	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	29 Oct 2013	1 files
  Assessment tree confirmation	17 Dec 2013	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	24 Sep 2013	3 files
  Stakeholder announcement	12 Nov 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	15 Oct 2013	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	14 Apr 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Oct 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 Jan 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 Sep 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Nov 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	29 Jun 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 Oct 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1039	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-0699	Hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Jul 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Sep 2016	1 files

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