Eastern Canada offshore lobster

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  Certificate withdrawn	30 Dec 2020	1 files
  Vessel List	16 Apr 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Aug 2019	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	20 Aug 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	11 Jul 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	10 Jul 2019	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Feb 2019	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate withdrawn	PDF (156.08 Kb)	30 Dec 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (84.89 Kb)	16 Apr 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (305.00 Kb)	20 Aug 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (405.89 Kb)	10 Feb 2016

• Re-Assessment (started 2013)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification announcement	30 Jun 2015	1 files
  Public certification report	30 Jun 2015	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	29 May 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination	28 May 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	19 Jan 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	19 Mar 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	28 Oct 2014	3 files
  Peer review confirmation	08 Jan 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	14 May 2013	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Response	PDF (234.51 Kb)	27 May 2015
  Variation Request	PDF (413.64 Kb)	21 May 2015

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	06 May 2014	1 files
  Assessment tree confirmation	06 May 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	10 Apr 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	10 Apr 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	30 Apr 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	28 May 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Feb 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Aug 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (98.08 Kb)	29 May 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (637.75 Kb)	07 Jun 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (145.10 Kb)	10 Jul 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (582.18 Kb)	11 Jul 2019

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 May 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 Aug 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Jul 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Oct 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Jul 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Oct 2016	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2008)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	28 May 2010	1 files
  Public certification announcement	28 May 2010	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	30 Apr 2010	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	30 Apr 2010	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	13 Jan 2010	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	13 Jan 2010	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	01 Dec 2008	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Other: Map of Fishery Districts	PDF (120.57 Kb)	06 Aug 2008

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	29 Sep 2008	2 files
  Assessment tree confirmation	06 Nov 2008	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	06 Aug 2008	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Jun 2014	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Jul 2014	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2013)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 May 2013	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Jul 2013	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2012)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 May 2012	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Jun 2012	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2011)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0101	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Apr 2011	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Jul 2011	1 files

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