Australia southern bluefin tuna longline and minor line fishery

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	16 Jun 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	30 May 2025	1 files
  Public certification report	30 May 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	30 May 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	02 May 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	02 May 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	02 May 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (348.26 Kb)	16 Jun 2025
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (155.08 Kb)	30 May 2025
  Vessel List	PDF (330.72 Kb)	30 May 2025

• Initial assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-3188	Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): pole and line and trolling	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 71 (Pacific, Western Central), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)
    UoC-3187	Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern), 71 (Pacific, Western Central), 81 (Pacific, Southwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	30 May 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	30 May 2025	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	02 May 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	02 May 2025	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	01 Apr 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	01 Apr 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	02 May 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	27 Nov 2024	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	20 Sep 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	19 Nov 2024	3 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	20 Sep 2024	1 files
  Use of the RBF	23 Sep 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	20 Sep 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	20 Sep 2024	1 files
  Assessment timeline	19 Sep 2024	1 files

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