Cantabrian Sea purse seine anchovy 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
  Gap analysis	27 May 2026	1 files
  Vessel List	27 May 2026	1 files
  Public certification report	19 Sep 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	27 Aug 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	27 Aug 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	31 Jul 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	31 Jul 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Gap analysis	PDF (240.35 Kb)	27 May 2026
  Vessel List	PDF (411.72 Kb)	27 May 2026
  Vessel List	PDF (191.03 Kb)	05 May 2025
  Variation Response	PDF (120.90 Kb)	10 Mar 2020
  Variation Request	PDF (37.86 Kb)	06 Mar 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (30.92 Kb)	08 Aug 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (74.32 Kb)	11 Dec 2018
  Vessel List	PDF (72.83 Kb)	12 Apr 2018
  Vessel List	PDF (74.19 Kb)	24 May 2017
  Vessel List	PDF (69.64 Kb)	23 Feb 2017

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	19 Sep 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	27 Aug 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	27 Aug 2025	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	20 Jun 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	20 Jun 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	05 Mar 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	22 Jan 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Notification Change of auditor attendance	17 Dec 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	13 Dec 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	16 Dec 2024	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	31 Jul 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	31 Jul 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	11 Dec 2024	1 files
  Use of the RBF	11 Dec 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	11 Dec 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	20 Jun 2025	1 files
  Timeline	11 Dec 2024	1 files

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• Re-Assessment (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	20 Apr 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	20 Apr 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Vessel List	21 Apr 2020	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	20 Mar 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	20 Mar 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	18 Feb 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	18 Feb 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	17 Dec 2019	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	18 Jul 2019	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	18 Jul 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Certificate Sharing	31 Jul 2019	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	04 Feb 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Jan 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	17 Jan 2025	1 files
  Vessel List	16 Jan 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Sep 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Dec 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	19 Dec 2023	1 files
  Vessel List	27 May 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	05 Oct 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Dec 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Vessel List	10 Mar 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Sep 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Dec 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Vessel List	14 Jul 2022	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	24 Mar 2015	1 files
  Public certification announcement	24 Mar 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Update Certificate Sharing	07 Feb 2017	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Certificate Sharing	28 Nov 2016	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Close of the Certificate Sharing	23 Jul 2015	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	26 Feb 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination	26 Feb 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	27 Nov 2014	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	27 Nov 2014	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

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	12 Jun 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	12 Jun 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	10 Jul 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	12 Jun 2014	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	09 Apr 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Jul 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Vessel List	22 May 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Mar 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Jun 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Feb 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 May 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1119	European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Jun 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Oct 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	08 Sep 2016	1 files
  Variation Response	13 Sep 2016	1 files

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