Fishery Shipowners Association (FSA) Western Bering Sea Walleye pollock

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
  Vessel List	10 Apr 2026	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Jan 2026	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Aug 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance Audit postponement	06 Aug 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	26 Jun 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Oct 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	30 Jul 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (55.54 Kb)	10 Apr 2026
  Vessel List	PDF (109.31 Kb)	12 Sep 2025
  Vessel List	PDF (110.31 Kb)	06 Aug 2025
  Vessel List	PDF (62.73 Kb)	11 Mar 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (53.52 Kb)	08 Sep 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (61.24 Kb)	14 Apr 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (57.28 Kb)	15 Feb 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (112.40 Kb)	01 Feb 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (111.66 Kb)	18 Jan 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (117.31 Kb)	18 Oct 2022
  Notice of intent to review new information	PDF (74.74 Kb)	03 Mar 2022

• Initial assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2526	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls: Midwater pelagic trawl, 13 large trawl vessels with freezers	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	28 Mar 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	01 Jun 2022	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	20 Apr 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	20 Apr 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	09 Mar 2022	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	09 Mar 2022	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	12 Jan 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	14 Feb 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	15 Jun 2021	1 files
  Variation Request	16 Aug 2021	1 files
  Variation Response	26 Aug 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	23 Oct 2022	1 files
  Use of the RBF	24 Jun 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	24 Oct 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2526	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls: Midwater pelagic trawl, 13 large trawl vessels with freezers	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Aug 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Jan 2026	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	26 Jun 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance Audit postponement	06 Aug 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2526	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls: Midwater pelagic trawl, 13 large trawl vessels with freezers	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Jul 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Oct 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	30 Jul 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2526	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls: Midwater pelagic trawl, 13 large trawl vessels with freezers	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Jul 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Oct 2023	1 files

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