Crab Catchers Association Sea of Okhotsk crab 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
  Notice of Intent to suspend	18 Sep 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	12 Oct 2023	1 files
  Public certification report	12 Oct 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	12 Oct 2023	1 files
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	20 Sep 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	15 Sep 2023	15 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	15 Sep 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (504.48 Kb)	18 Sep 2024

• Initial assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2575	Blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus)	Traps: Traps using dedicated vessels	61 (Pacific, Northwest)
    UoC-2574	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps: Traps using dedicated vessels	61 (Pacific, Northwest)
    UoC-2576	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps: Traps using dedicated vessels	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	12 Oct 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	12 Oct 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	12 Oct 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	15 Sep 2023	15 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	15 Sep 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	02 Mar 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	08 Mar 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	07 Jul 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report	07 Jul 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	02 Feb 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	16 Sep 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	25 Oct 2021	1 files
  Variation Response	02 Nov 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	16 Sep 2021	1 files
  Use of the RBF	16 Sep 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	20 Sep 2023	1 files

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