Faroe Islands silver smelt

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
  Surveillance report	21 Aug 2024	1 files
  Vessel List	17 Jun 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 May 2024	1 files
  Public certification report	26 May 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	26 May 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	02 May 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	02 May 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (142.05 Kb)	17 Jun 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (141.71 Kb)	05 Apr 2023
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (173.54 Kb)	27 Aug 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (37.00 Kb)	17 Aug 2018

• Re-Assessment (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	26 May 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	26 May 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	02 May 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	02 May 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	03 Mar 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report	03 Mar 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (352.04 Kb)	15 Dec 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (125.48 Kb)	16 Dec 2022

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	06 Jul 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	17 Jan 2022	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	17 Jan 2022	1 files
  Use of the RBF	17 Jan 2022	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	17 Dec 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Aug 2024	1 files

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• Re-Assessment (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	25 Aug 2017	1 files
  Public certification report	25 Aug 2017	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	20 Jul 2017	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	20 Jul 2017	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	22 May 2017	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	23 May 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Revised timeline	PDF (21.64 Kb)	27 Sep 2022

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	07 Mar 2017	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	06 Sep 2016	1 files
  Client document checklist	05 Sep 2016	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	05 Sep 2016	1 files
  Assessment timeline	05 Sep 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Jan 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Apr 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Response	PDF (118.57 Kb)	02 Mar 2022

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Feb 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	10 May 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	30 Dec 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Oct 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 May 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Jul 2018	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (146.12 Kb)	17 Jul 2018
  Variation Response	PDF (361.83 Kb)	25 Jul 2018

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• Initial Assessment (started 2011)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	28 Aug 2012	1 files
  Public certification announcement	28 Aug 2012	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	24 Jul 2012	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	24 Jul 2012	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	22 May 2012	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	22 May 2012	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Peer review confirmation	29 Nov 2011	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	02 Aug 2011	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Change to the Unit of Certification	PDF (30.95 Kb)	29 Nov 2011

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	12 Jul 2011	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	13 Jun 2011	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	13 Jun 2011	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Sep 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 Dec 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	31 Mar 2015	2 files
  Surveillance report	16 Jun 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (50.21 Kb)	27 Nov 2014
  Stakeholder Announcement: Updated list - eligible points of landing	PDF (51.37 Kb)	18 Dec 2014

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 May 2014	2 files
  Surveillance report	19 Aug 2014	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2013)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0635	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	30 Jul 2013	1 files
  Surveillance report	10 Oct 2013	1 files

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