Cornish hake gill net

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
  Surveillance report	19 Sep 2025	1 files
  Proposed peer reviewers	17 Sep 2025	1 files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	09 Jun 2025	1 files
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	09 Jun 2025	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	09 Jun 2025	1 files
  Scope declaration template	09 Jun 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	09 Jun 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (120.98 Kb)	14 Mar 2025
  Variation Request	PDF (248.93 Kb)	13 Mar 2025
  Variation Response	PDF (120.56 Kb)	09 Aug 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (280.69 Kb)	26 Jul 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (280.69 Kb)	26 Jul 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Deviation from surveillance schedule	PDF (217.34 Kb)	10 Feb 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (92.64 Kb)	25 Mar 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (87.76 Kb)	09 Dec 2019
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (147.17 Kb)	22 Aug 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (127.43 Kb)	11 Dec 2018
  Variation Request	PDF (146.79 Kb)	30 Nov 2018
  Vessel List	PDF (368.59 Kb)	22 Dec 2016
  Stakeholder Announcement: Extension to certificate	PDF (156.01 Kb)	27 Jan 2016
  Variation Request	PDF (111.15 Kb)	20 Jan 2016

• Re-Assessment (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	17 Sep 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	09 Jun 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	09 Jun 2025	1 files
  Scope declaration template	09 Jun 2025	1 files
  Use of the RBF	09 Jun 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	09 Jun 2025	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-3316	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	09 Dec 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	09 Dec 2020	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	17 Nov 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	17 Nov 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	13 Oct 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	13 Oct 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	11 Jun 2020	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	28 Feb 2020	1 files
  Stakeholder input	28 Apr 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (157.30 Kb)	28 Feb 2020

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	28 Feb 2020	1 files
  Use of the RBF	28 Feb 2020	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	28 Feb 2020	1 files
  Assessment timeline	07 Oct 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	09 Jun 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Sep 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	19 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Aug 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-3316	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Feb 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 May 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-3316	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Jan 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 May 2022	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2010)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	11 Jun 2015	1 files
  Public certification announcement	11 Jun 2015	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	20 Nov 2014	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	12 Feb 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	12 Jun 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	02 Dec 2010	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	21 May 2010	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	23 Apr 2010	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	23 Apr 2010	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	09 Jun 2011	5 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Oct 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Dec 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Dec 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Apr 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (225.86 Kb)	04 Mar 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (128.94 Kb)	05 Mar 2019

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	05 Oct 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 Feb 2018	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (269.37 Kb)	21 Dec 2017
  Variation Response	PDF (359.89 Kb)	04 Jan 2018

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0429	European hake (Merluccius merluccius)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Oct 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Jan 2017	1 files

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