Maine lobster trap

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
  Fishery Suspended	31 Aug 2017	1 files
  Vessel List	20 Dec 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Nov 2016	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Aug 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	01 Feb 2016	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Sep 2015	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Scope of the Fisheries Certificate	29 Aug 2014	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (353.88 Kb)	31 Aug 2017
  Vessel List	PDF (221.26 Kb)	20 Dec 2016

• Initial Assessment (started 2008)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0126	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	08 Mar 2013	1 files
  Public certification announcement	08 Mar 2013	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	07 Feb 2013	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	07 Feb 2013	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	29 Nov 2012	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	29 Nov 2012	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	03 Mar 2009	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	19 Mar 2013	1 files
  Variation Response	19 Mar 2013	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	19 Feb 2009	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	04 Dec 2008	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	01 May 2012	6 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0126	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Aug 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Nov 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2015)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0126	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Sep 2015	1 files
  Surveillance report	01 Feb 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0126	American lobster (Homarus americanus)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Mar 2014	1 files
  Surveillance report	17 Apr 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Scope of the Fisheries Certificate	29 Aug 2014	1 files

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