Gulf of St Lawrence snow crab trap

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
  Certificate withdrawn	11 Jun 2021	2 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Notification of the 2nd surveillance audit not being conducted	23 Oct 2020	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	22 Aug 2019	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: SAI Global's determination on the certificate suspension	04 Mar 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Mar 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	19 Dec 2018	1 files
  Variation Request	18 Dec 2018	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate withdrawn	PDF (130.10 Kb)	11 Jun 2021
  Certificate withdrawn	PDF (130.10 Kb)	11 Jun 2021
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Notification of the 2nd surveillance audit not being conducted	PDF (212.91 Kb)	23 Oct 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (342.37 Kb)	22 Aug 2019
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (406.90 Kb)	20 Mar 2018
  List of client group members	PDF (520.25 Kb)	19 Oct 2017
  Other document: Expedited Audit	PDF (274.28 Kb)	10 Oct 2017
  Other document: Stakeholder Announcement – Certificate expires	PDF (346.80 Kb)	27 Sep 2017
  List of client group members	PDF (424.74 Kb)	25 Jul 2017
  List of client group members	PDF (348.65 Kb)	20 Oct 2015

• Re-Assessment (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0745	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	10 Oct 2017	1 files
  Public certification report	10 Oct 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  List of client group members	20 Sep 2017	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Amendments to the Traceability section of the Public Certification Report	19 Oct 2017	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	29 Aug 2017	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	29 Aug 2017	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	06 Jun 2017	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	06 Jun 2017	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	14 Mar 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Revised Timeline	16 May 2017	2 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

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  List of client group members	30 Oct 2017	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	06 Sep 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0745	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Oct 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Mar 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: SAI Global's determination on the certificate suspension	04 Mar 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	18 Dec 2018	1 files
  Variation Response	19 Dec 2018	1 files

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• Expedited Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0745	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement expedited audit	14 Nov 2017	1 files
  Expedited audit report	20 Mar 2018	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: MSC009 Gulf of St Lawrence snow crab_Corrective Action Plan	19 Jun 2018	2 files
  Other document: Proposed peer reviewers for expedited audit report	04 Jan 2018	1 files
  Other document: Revised proposed peer reviewers for expedited audit report	09 Jan 2018	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Notification to confirm the team & announce the report will be peer reviewed	08 Dec 2017	1 files
  Variation Request	14 Feb 2018	1 files
  Variation Response	14 Feb 2018	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2011)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0745	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	25 Sep 2012	1 files
  Public certification announcement	25 Sep 2012	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	04 Sep 2012	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	04 Sep 2012	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	27 Mar 2012	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	27 Mar 2012	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Extension of comment period for the Public comment draft report	20 Apr 2012	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	01 Sep 2011	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Response	18 Oct 2011	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	26 Jul 2011	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	16 Jun 2011	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	16 Jun 2011	2 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0745	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Sep 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	13 Mar 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2015)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0745	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Aug 2015	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 Nov 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0745	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Aug 2014	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Oct 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  List of client group members	25 Nov 2014	1 files

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