ISF Iceland North East Atlantic blue whiting

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
  Certificate withdrawn	17 May 2022	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement	24 Nov 2021	1 files
  Notice of intent to review new information	12 Feb 2021	2 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	30 Nov 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 Nov 2020	1 files
  Variation Response	04 Sep 2020	1 files
  Variation Request	28 Aug 2020	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate withdrawn	PDF (131.83 Kb)	17 May 2022
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (166.25 Kb)	24 Nov 2021
  Notice of intent to review new information	PDF (231.78 Kb)	12 Feb 2021
  Notice of intent to review new information	PDF (231.78 Kb)	12 Feb 2021
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (184.83 Kb)	30 Nov 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (189.35 Kb)	23 Aug 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (135.13 Kb)	15 Jul 2019
  Change of Conformity Assessment Body	PDF (98.29 Kb)	15 Jul 2019
  Other document: ISF shareholder list June14th, 2019	PDF (38.50 Kb)	14 Jun 2019
  Other document: List of ISF shareholders 20190527	PDF (36.68 Kb)	27 May 2019
  Other document: List of ISF shareholders 20190318	PDF (36.66 Kb)	18 Mar 2019
  Other document: ISF Shareholder list 20181206	PDF (60.71 Kb)	06 Dec 2018
  Stakeholder Announcement: New name of the fishery	PDF (84.37 Kb)	19 Jul 2018
  List of client group members	PDF (60.71 Kb)	12 Jun 2018
  Other document: List of shareholders	PDF (35.75 Kb)	14 May 2018
  List of client group members	PDF (45.89 Kb)	12 Jan 2018
  Variation Request	PDF (77.62 Kb)	24 May 2017
  Variation Response	PDF (243.76 Kb)	24 May 2017
  Variation Response	PDF (240.61 Kb)	24 Apr 2017
  Variation Request	PDF (68.99 Kb)	21 Apr 2017

• Initial assessment (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1478	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1479	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Midwater trawls: Pelagic trawl & Purse seine.	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	11 Jan 2018	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	11 Jan 2018	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	07 Nov 2017	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	07 Nov 2017	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	30 May 2017	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	01 Jun 2017	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	20 Dec 2016	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	05 Dec 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (351.03 Kb)	05 Dec 2016
  Variation Request	PDF (90.45 Kb)	05 Dec 2016
  Variation Request	PDF (351.03 Kb)	05 Dec 2016
  Variation Request	PDF (90.45 Kb)	05 Dec 2016
  Variation Response	PDF (316.14 Kb)	20 Dec 2016

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	13 Dec 2017	1 files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	13 Dec 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1478	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1479	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Midwater trawls: Pelagic trawl & Purse seine.	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Feb 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 Nov 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (322.90 Kb)	28 Aug 2020
  Variation Response	PDF (126.00 Kb)	04 Sep 2020

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1478	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1479	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Midwater trawls: Pelagic trawl & Purse seine.	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 Dec 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Apr 2019	1 files

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