ISF Iceland lumpfish

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
  Expedited audit report	17 Apr 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement	07 Apr 2026	1 files
  Announcement expedited audit	04 Feb 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement	13 Nov 2025	1 files
  Timeline: Timeline	13 Nov 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	12 Nov 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	12 Nov 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (40.76 Kb)	12 Nov 2025
  Other document: Suspension Verification Report	PDF (1956.30 Kb)	06 Nov 2025
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (189.35 Kb)	17 Nov 2020
  Variation Response	PDF (105.89 Kb)	19 Mar 2020
  Variation Request	PDF (248.87 Kb)	18 Mar 2020
  Variation Response	PDF (104.65 Kb)	03 Mar 2020
  Variation Request	PDF (207.42 Kb)	19 Feb 2020

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2332	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2331	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	19 Mar 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	17 Oct 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	14 Nov 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	15 Oct 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	29 Oct 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	05 Nov 2024	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	06 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	15 Oct 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	17 Oct 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement	13 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	13 Nov 2025	1 files

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• Expedited Audit (started 2026)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2331	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2332	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Expedited audit

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement expedited audit	04 Feb 2026	1 files
  Expedited audit report	17 Apr 2026	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement	07 Apr 2026	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2332	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2331	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	17 Nov 2020	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	17 Nov 2020	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	26 Oct 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	26 Oct 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	04 Sep 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	02 Sep 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	21 Sep 2020	1 files
  Variation Response	06 Oct 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	26 May 2020	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	19 Mar 2020	1 files
  Stakeholder input	23 Apr 2020	2 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	26 May 2020	1 files
  Variation Response	08 Jun 2020	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	18 Mar 2020	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	19 Mar 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2331	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2332	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Apr 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	08 May 2025	1 files
  Other document: Accepted Corrective Action Plan	29 Aug 2025	1 files
  Other document: CorrectiveActionPlan	17 Aug 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	20 Mar 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	03 Apr 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2331	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2332	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	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 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2332	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2331	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Mar 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Jun 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2331	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2332	Lumpfish(=Lumpsucker) (Cyclopterus lumpus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Set gillnets (anchored)	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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