Bay of Biscay purse seine sardine 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.

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

• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Certificate withdrawn	23 Jul 2022	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	08 Aug 2019	1 files
  Other document: Client's Corrective Action Plan	17 Jul 2019	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Statement confirming the acceptance of the client's Corrective Action Plan	17 Jul 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Feb 2019	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	19 Feb 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	17 Dec 2018	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (30.94 Kb)	08 Aug 2019
  Other document: Client's Corrective Action Plan	PDF (95.28 Kb)	17 Jul 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Statement confirming the acceptance of the client's Corrective Action Plan	PDF (24.67 Kb)	17 Jul 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (76.02 Kb)	23 Mar 2018
  Vessel List	PDF (132.21 Kb)	24 Jan 2017

• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1133	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	24 Jan 2017	1 files
  Public certification announcement	24 Jan 2017	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	22 Dec 2016	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	22 Dec 2016	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	10 Nov 2016	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	10 Nov 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	21 Dec 2016	2 files
  Variation Response	21 Dec 2016	2 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	16 Jun 2015	3 files
  Peer review confirmation	30 Jun 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	29 Jul 2014	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	22 Jul 2014	1 files
  Use of the RBF	29 Jul 2014	1 files
  Assessment tree confirmation	26 May 2015	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	21 Jun 2016	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	10 Jul 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	22 Jul 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Notice of intent to review new information	28 Jun 2016	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Close of the Certificate Sharing	30 Jul 2015	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Update Timeline	05 May 2016	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	30 Nov 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1133	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	04 Oct 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Feb 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate withdrawn	23 Jul 2022	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	19 Feb 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	05 Dec 2018	1 files
  Variation Response	17 Dec 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1133	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	19 Oct 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Mar 2018	2 files

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