Iles-de-la-Madeleine lobster

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
  Surveillance report	06 Mar 2026	1 files
  Vessel List	17 Nov 2025	1 files
  Public certification report	16 Oct 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Aug 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	16 Aug 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	16 Aug 2024	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	29 May 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (514.90 Kb)	17 Nov 2025
  Variation Response	PDF (114.36 Kb)	28 May 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (152.71 Kb)	28 May 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (146.69 Kb)	02 Aug 2019
  Other document: Certificate sharing mechanism	PDF (105.92 Kb)	15 Oct 2018

• Reassessment v2.3 (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	16 Oct 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	16 Aug 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	16 Aug 2024	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	08 Apr 2024	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	08 Apr 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	08 Apr 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Notification of Change in Assessment Team	11 Apr 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	14 Mar 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	19 Mar 2024	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	20 Sep 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	29 May 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	30 May 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	05 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	29 May 2024	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	29 May 2024	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	29 May 2023	1 files
  Scope declaration template	29 May 2023	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	25 May 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Aug 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Mar 2026	1 files

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• Re-Assessment (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	12 Oct 2018	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	12 Oct 2018	2 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	18 Sep 2018	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	19 Sep 2018	2 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	13 Aug 2018	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	13 Aug 2018	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	19 Dec 2017	2 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	31 Aug 2017	2 files
  Use of the RBF	31 Aug 2017	3 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Notice of additional stakeholder consultation period Iles-de-la-Madeleine lobster May 2018	18 May 2018	2 files
  Variation Request	28 Jun 2018	1 files
  Variation Response	09 Jul 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	18 May 2018	3 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	29 May 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 Aug 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Mar 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Jun 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	10 Jun 2022	1 files
  Variation Response	10 Jun 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	08 Dec 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Apr 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Aug 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Nov 2019	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2012)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	16 Jul 2013	1 files
  Public certification announcement	16 Jul 2013	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	20 Jun 2013	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	20 Jun 2013	3 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	04 Apr 2013	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	04 Apr 2013	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	02 Oct 2012	2 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	30 Aug 2012	4 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	02 Aug 2012	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  List of client group members	02 Aug 2012	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	02 Aug 2012	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	31 Aug 2017	2 files
  Surveillance report	22 Nov 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Oct 2016	2 files
  Surveillance report	15 Dec 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2015)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Sep 2015	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Dec 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Announcement of Surveillance - French Version	25 Sep 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0746	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps - Pots	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Aug 2014	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Oct 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	28 Jul 2014	1 files
  Variation Response	28 Jul 2014	1 files

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