Chilean hake (Merluccius gayi) industrial trawl 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
  Public certification report	24 Mar 2026	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	24 Mar 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	23 Mar 2026	2 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	27 Feb 2026	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	27 Feb 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Advisory FCP 2.3 §7.20.3	18 Feb 2026	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	17 Feb 2026	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: SKH Announcement - Ecert Manual §3.2.1 - Fishery name amendment	PDF (170.37 Kb)	10 Feb 2026
  Variation Response	PDF (113.79 Kb)	11 Apr 2025

• Initial assessment (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-3252	South Pacific hake (Merluccius gayi)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	87 (Pacific, Southeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	24 Mar 2026	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	24 Mar 2026	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	27 Feb 2026	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	27 Feb 2026	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	17 Feb 2026	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	17 Feb 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	23 Mar 2026	2 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Advisory FCP 2.3 §7.20.3	18 Feb 2026	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	04 Jun 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: SKH Announcement - FCP v.2.3 §7.19.6	17 Nov 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	14 Nov 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	26 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	06 Feb 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	08 Apr 2025	2 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	31 Mar 2025	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	06 Feb 2025	2 files
  Fishery announcement template	06 Feb 2025	1 files
  Use of the RBF	06 Feb 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	31 Oct 2025	1 files
  Timeline	06 Feb 2025	1 files

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