Kyowa-Meiho Japan skipjack and yellowfin purse seine 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
  Stakeholder Announcement	07 Mar 2024	1 files
  Public certification report	27 Feb 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	15 Feb 2024	1 files
  Section SE Final Draft Report	07 Feb 2024	2 files
  Section SE Final Draft Report	07 Feb 2024	1 files

• Initial assessment (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2784	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)
    UoC-2783	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	27 Feb 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	15 Feb 2024	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	22 Jan 2024	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	22 Jan 2024	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	08 Jan 2024	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 Dec 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	19 Jul 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	10 Feb 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder Input (ACDR)	25 Apr 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (197.28 Kb)	06 Apr 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (119.47 Kb)	18 Apr 2023

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	10 Feb 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (227.34 Kb)	02 Feb 2024

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	11 Apr 2023	1 files

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• Early application of Section SE (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2783	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Final Draft Report	07 Feb 2024	2 files
  Section SE Final Draft Report announcement	07 Feb 2024	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report Announcement	31 Oct 2023	1 files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report	31 Oct 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Announcement	13 Apr 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (176.10 Kb)	07 Mar 2024

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	13 Apr 2023	1 files

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• Early application of Section SE (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2784	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Final Draft Report	07 Feb 2024	1 files
  Section SE Final Draft Report announcement	07 Feb 2024	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report Announcement	31 Oct 2023	1 files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report	31 Oct 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Announcement	12 Apr 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (178.72 Kb)	06 Mar 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (178.72 Kb)	07 Mar 2024

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	12 Apr 2023	1 files

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