Gulf of St Lawrence fall herring gillnet 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.

Interested in contributing as a stakeholder? See how you can engage with a fishery assessment.

• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Announcement re self-withdrawal of the fishery	14 Jun 2019	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder reminder of Notice of Suspension	07 May 2019	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	09 Apr 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Apr 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	01 Apr 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	19 Mar 2019	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Oct 2018	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Announcement re self-withdrawal of the fishery	PDF (453.00 Kb)	14 Jun 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder reminder of Notice of Suspension	PDF (465.89 Kb)	07 May 2019

• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	05 Nov 2015	1 files
  Public certification announcement	05 Nov 2015	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	01 Oct 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	01 Oct 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	09 Jul 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	09 Jul 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	07 May 2015	1 files
  Peer review confirmation	18 May 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	30 Sep 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	26 Mar 2015	1 files
  Variation Response	02 Apr 2015	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	25 Sep 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	26 Aug 2014	1 files
  Proposed assessment team	26 Aug 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	16 Sep 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Extension to Consultation Period	01 Sep 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	19 Jun 2015	2 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Oct 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Apr 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	09 Apr 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	19 Mar 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	01 Apr 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Sep 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Dec 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document	09 Oct 2017	1 files
  Variation Request	09 Oct 2017	1 files
  Variation Response	09 Oct 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Sep 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Dec 2016	1 files

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