Australia royal red prawn

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
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	28 May 2026	1 files
  Surveillance report	05 Jan 2026	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Oct 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Jan 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Oct 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement	17 May 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	22 Jun 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	PDF (92.35 Kb)	28 May 2026
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	PDF (92.31 Kb)	20 May 2025
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (92.83 Kb)	17 May 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (320.94 Kb)	20 Jun 2023

• Initial assessment (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2788	Jack-knife shrimp (Haliporoides sibogae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	20 Jun 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	20 Jun 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	22 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	23 May 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	23 May 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	03 Apr 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	03 Apr 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	03 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	26 Oct 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	05 Aug 2022	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Use of the RBF	03 Aug 2022	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	05 Aug 2022	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	16 Jan 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2788	Jack-knife shrimp (Haliporoides sibogae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Oct 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	05 Jan 2026	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2788	Jack-knife shrimp (Haliporoides sibogae)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Jan 2025	1 files

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