Canadian 4VWX Purse Seine herring 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 Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	28 Aug 2019	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	30 Apr 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Dec 2017	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Sep 2017	1 files
  Vessel List	08 Sep 2017	1 files
  Public certification announcement	29 Nov 2016	1 files
  Public certification report	24 Nov 2016	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (293.49 Kb)	28 Aug 2019
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (152.10 Kb)	30 Apr 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (31.63 Kb)	08 Sep 2017

• Initial Assessment (started 2015)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1246	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	24 Nov 2016	1 files
  Public certification announcement	29 Nov 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Revised Timeline	15 Mar 2016	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	01 Nov 2016	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	01 Nov 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Change to the Unit of Certification	17 May 2016	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	16 Jun 2016	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 Jun 2016	2 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Revised Timeline	18 May 2016	1 files
  Variation Request	17 May 2016	1 files
  Variation Response	17 May 2016	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	12 Nov 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	19 May 2015	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	16 May 2015	1 files
  Use of the RBF	19 May 2015	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	26 Mar 2015	1 files
  Proposed assessment team	31 Mar 2015	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	10 Apr 2015	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	31 Mar 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1246	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Sep 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Dec 2017	1 files

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