ISF Iceland lemon sole

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	02 Dec 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Sep 2025	1 files
  Public certification report	30 Sep 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	30 Sep 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	30 Sep 2024	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	08 Aug 2024	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	08 Aug 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (113.08 Kb)	14 Jun 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (151.89 Kb)	10 Jun 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (112.17 Kb)	28 Nov 2023
  Variation Request	PDF (165.42 Kb)	17 Nov 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement: Transfer of fishery certificate and change of CAB	PDF (131.06 Kb)	19 Dec 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1232.77 Kb)	18 Dec 2019
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (322.22 Kb)	23 Aug 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1181.22 Kb)	10 Jul 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1185.59 Kb)	17 Jun 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1182.21 Kb)	11 Jun 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1179.54 Kb)	24 May 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1179.36 Kb)	19 Mar 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1178.93 Kb)	13 Mar 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1176.24 Kb)	19 Jan 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (1179.81 Kb)	03 Jan 2019
  Other document: Statement on Certificate Sharing Mechanism	PDF (157.56 Kb)	20 Feb 2018

• Re-Assessment (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1748	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1750	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - nephrops trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1749	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	30 Sep 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	30 Sep 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	30 Sep 2024	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	12 Jun 2024	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	12 Jun 2024	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	29 Nov 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	27 Sep 2023	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	08 Aug 2024	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	08 Aug 2024	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	27 Sep 2023	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	27 Sep 2023	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	27 Sep 2023	1 files
  Assessment timeline	27 Sep 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1748	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1750	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - nephrops trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1749	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter 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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• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1748	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1750	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - nephrops trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1749	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	03 Jan 2019	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	03 Jan 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Statement on Certificate Sharing	03 Jan 2019	1 files
  Other document: Statement on eligibility, access and landing points	03 Jan 2019	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	29 Nov 2018	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	29 Nov 2018	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	18 Oct 2018	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	18 Oct 2018	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	07 Jun 2018	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

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

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Addendum to clarify certificate sharing statement	14 Mar 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

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

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1748	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1750	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - nephrops trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1749	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Oct 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 Jan 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1748	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1750	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - nephrops trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1749	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 Mar 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Jul 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1748	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1750	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - nephrops trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1749	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 Dec 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 May 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1748	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1750	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - nephrops trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1749	Lemon sole (Microstomus kitt)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Sep 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	10 Dec 2019	1 files

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