Guyana seabob

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
  Public certification report	05 Aug 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	05 Aug 2025	1 files
  List of client group members	05 Aug 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	10 Jun 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	10 Jun 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	22 Apr 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	22 Apr 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (117.30 Kb)	30 Jan 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (166.38 Kb)	16 Jan 2024
  Other document: Fishery Certificate Statement	PDF (342.12 Kb)	19 Jul 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (675.85 Kb)	19 Jul 2022

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1921	Atlantic seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	05 Aug 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	05 Aug 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  List of client group members	05 Aug 2025	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	22 Apr 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	22 Apr 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	12 Feb 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	13 Nov 2024	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	10 Jun 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	10 Jun 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	13 Nov 2024	1 files
  Use of the RBF	13 Nov 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	13 Nov 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	12 Nov 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1921	Atlantic seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	06 Aug 2019	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	06 Aug 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	06 Aug 2019	1 files
  Vessel List	06 Aug 2019	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	04 Jul 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	04 Jul 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	14 May 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 May 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	05 Mar 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Notification of Eventual Use of RBF	12 Mar 2019	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Timeline adjusted	12 Mar 2019	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	20 Sep 2018	1 files
  Use of the RBF	20 Sep 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	20 Sep 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1921	Atlantic seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Nov 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Feb 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	18 Feb 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1921	Atlantic seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Oct 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Feb 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	07 Feb 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	15 Feb 2023	1 files
  Vessel List	18 Feb 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1921	Atlantic seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Aug 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	12 Sep 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Vessel List	14 Mar 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1921	Atlantic seabob (Xiphopenaeus kroyeri)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - shrimp trawls	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	09 Apr 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Aug 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Vessel List	29 Sep 2020	1 files

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