Maruto Suisan rope grown Pacific oyster, Okayama 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.

Interested in contributing as a stakeholder? See how you can engage with a fishery assessment.

• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	27 Nov 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Nov 2024	1 files
  Proposed peer reviewers	16 Oct 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Shortlist of proposed peer reviewers	16 Oct 2024	1 files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	30 Aug 2024	1 files
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	30 Aug 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	30 Aug 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 4 surveillance	PDF (211.81 Kb)	25 Jun 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (466.51 Kb)	28 Jun 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2015	Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas)	Miscellaneous Gear	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	16 Oct 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Shortlist of proposed peer reviewers	PDF (210.62 Kb)	16 Oct 2024

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	30 Aug 2024	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	30 Aug 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	30 Aug 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	30 Aug 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2015	Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas)	Miscellaneous Gear	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	12 Dec 2019	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	12 Dec 2019	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	19 Nov 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination	19 Nov 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	03 Oct 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	03 Oct 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	23 May 2019	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	29 Jan 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (171.65 Kb)	14 Mar 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (565.03 Kb)	22 Mar 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change to the UoA	PDF (133.22 Kb)	11 Apr 2019
  Other document: Revised Timeline	PDF (135.67 Kb)	22 Aug 2019

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	07 May 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2015	Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas)	Miscellaneous Gear	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	30 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Nov 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (557.42 Kb)	27 Nov 2024

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2015	Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas)	Miscellaneous Gear	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 May 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Aug 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2015	Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas)	Miscellaneous Gear	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 May 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Sep 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2015	Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas)	Miscellaneous Gear	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	08 Dec 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	12 Mar 2021	1 files

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