ISF Iceland greater silver smelt

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 audit announcement = Open consultation	03 Jul 2026	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Dec 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Feb 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: SH Notification - Delay in publication of surveillance report	18 Feb 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	05 Dec 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	05 Dec 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Notification - Surveillance audit more than 30 days from date set out in surveillance schedule	PDF (124.46 Kb)	30 Jul 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (329.88 Kb)	24 Jul 2023

• Initial assessment (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2646	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2647	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	24 Jul 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	24 Jul 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	29 Jun 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	29 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	09 May 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	09 May 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	18 May 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	04 Feb 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: RBF Background Document	30 Mar 2022	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Use of RBF in a fishery assessment	04 Mar 2022	1 files
  Variation Request	06 Apr 2022	1 files
  Variation Response	08 Apr 2022	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	03 Feb 2022	1 files
  Use of the RBF	04 Mar 2022	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	29 Jun 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2026)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2646	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2647	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Jul 2026	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2646	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2647	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Dec 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2646	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2647	Silver smelt (Argentina silus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Feb 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: SH Notification - Delay in publication of surveillance report	18 Feb 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	05 Dec 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	05 Dec 2024	1 files

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