Kochi and Miyazaki Offshore Pole and Line Albacore and Skipjack fishery

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.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Surveillance report	23 Jan 2023	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Sep 2022	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 1 surveillance	30 May 2022	1 files
  Public certification report	17 Jun 2021	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	17 Jun 2021	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 1 surveillance	PDF (501.32 Kb)	30 May 2022
  Stakeholder Announcement: MEGVAR Update	PDF (563.00 Kb)	06 Nov 2020

• Initial assessment (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2361	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)
    UoC-2360	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	17 Jun 2021	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	17 Jun 2021	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	24 May 2021	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	24 May 2021	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	24 Mar 2021	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	24 Mar 2021	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	03 Nov 2020	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	09 Jul 2020	1 files
  Stakeholder input	14 Sep 2020	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Use of the RBF	09 Jul 2020	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	09 Jul 2020	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	22 Mar 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2361	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)
    UoC-2360	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Sep 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Jan 2023	1 files

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