Granville Bay whelk 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
  Fishery Suspended	24 Nov 2024	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	25 Oct 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Year 1 audit cancelled	25 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Sep 2024	1 files
  Public certification report	07 Dec 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	07 Dec 2023	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	07 Dec 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (208.64 Kb)	24 Nov 2024
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (257.46 Kb)	25 Oct 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change of fishery name	PDF (486.25 Kb)	04 Apr 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (137.46 Kb)	14 Jul 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (137.46 Kb)	14 Jul 2022
  Variation Request	PDF (652.34 Kb)	01 Jul 2022
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 3 and 4 Surveillance	PDF (499.64 Kb)	07 Apr 2022
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 3 surveillance	PDF (143.64 Kb)	02 Mar 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (123.40 Kb)	04 Aug 2021
  Variation Request	PDF (156.11 Kb)	28 Jul 2021
  Variation Response	PDF (123.60 Kb)	13 Jul 2021
  Variation Request	PDF (953.28 Kb)	11 May 2021
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (356.05 Kb)	19 Jul 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1104	Whelk (Buccinum undatum)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	07 Dec 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	07 Dec 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	07 Dec 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	23 Oct 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	23 Oct 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder advisory	13 Oct 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	14 Sep 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 Oct 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change to team	05 Jul 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	25 Jan 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Accepted variation	09 Mar 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	11 Nov 2022	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	11 Nov 2022	1 files
  Use of the RBF	11 Nov 2022	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	15 Sep 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1104	Whelk (Buccinum undatum)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Sep 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Year 1 audit cancelled	25 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1104	Whelk (Buccinum undatum)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	12 Sep 2017	1 files
  Public certification announcement	14 Sep 2017	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	15 Aug 2017	1 files
  Final report and determination	11 Aug 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change to the Final Report publication date	09 Feb 2016	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	01 Jun 2017	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	01 Jun 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Notice of intent to review new information	27 Jun 2017	1 files
  Other document: Revised Timeline Notification	18 Aug 2015	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Invitation for new Stakeholder information and revised timeline	22 Nov 2016	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Revised timeline	09 Aug 2016	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	03 Mar 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	29 May 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Invitation for Stakeholder Submissions	14 Apr 2015	1 files
  Variation Request	28 Apr 2015	1 files
  Variation Response	05 May 2015	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Use of the RBF	29 May 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	28 Apr 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	28 Apr 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	19 May 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Change to the Unit of Certification	14 May 2015	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	01 Jun 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1104	Whelk (Buccinum undatum)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	09 Nov 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	31 Mar 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	27 Feb 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	02 Mar 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1104	Whelk (Buccinum undatum)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Apr 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Sep 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1104	Whelk (Buccinum undatum)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Feb 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 May 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1104	Whelk (Buccinum undatum)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Jan 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 May 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	04 Apr 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	17 Apr 2019	1 files

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