Canada/Newfoundland 3Ps cod

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
  Fishery Suspended	12 May 2017	1 files
  Other document: Self suspension supply chain notification	12 May 2017	1 files
  Other document: Team Correction	02 May 2017	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Mar 2017	1 files
  Public certification announcement	22 Mar 2016	1 files
  Public certification report	22 Mar 2016	1 files
  Timeline: Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	03 Dec 2015	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (553.72 Kb)	12 May 2017
  Other document: Self suspension supply chain notification	PDF (489.82 Kb)	12 May 2017

• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1109	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1107	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1108	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1110	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	22 Mar 2016	1 files
  Public certification announcement	22 Mar 2016	1 files

  There was an objection accepted to the final report and determination for this fishery.
  The Independent Adjudicator’s final decision is included in the Public Certification Report.
  Please email standards@msc.org to request the documents related to this objection.

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	15 Oct 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	15 Oct 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	09 Jun 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	09 Jun 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	18 Mar 2015	4 files
  Peer review confirmation	22 May 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	30 Jun 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (190.93 Kb)	04 Jun 2015
  Variation Request	PDF (190.93 Kb)	09 Jun 2015
  Variation Response	PDF (237.73 Kb)	09 Jun 2015

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	16 Jun 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	20 May 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	20 May 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	02 Jun 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	03 Dec 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1109	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1107	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1108	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1110	Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Mar 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Other document: Team Correction	PDF (327.94 Kb)	02 May 2017

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