NAFO Division 4R Atlantic herring purse seine

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
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	30 Jan 2019	1 files
  Fishery Suspended	25 Oct 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Jul 2018	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Apr 2018	1 files
  Variation Response	19 Feb 2018	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	PDF (107.50 Kb)	30 Jan 2019
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (114.68 Kb)	25 Oct 2018
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (195.52 Kb)	25 Oct 2018
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (147.14 Kb)	18 Jul 2018
  Variation Response	PDF (245.10 Kb)	19 Feb 2018
  Variation Request	PDF (458.97 Kb)	09 Feb 2018
  Vessel List	PDF (802.02 Kb)	29 Aug 2017

• Initial Assessment (started 2010)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0433	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification announcement	09 Oct 2014	1 files
  Public certification report	09 Oct 2014	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	18 Sep 2014	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	18 Sep 2014	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	04 Mar 2014	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	04 Mar 2014	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Peer review confirmation	08 Nov 2011	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	22 Jul 2010	2 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	02 Jul 2010	2 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	27 Apr 2010	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	16 Apr 2013	11 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0433	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Apr 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Jul 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0433	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Jan 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	15 May 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0433	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Feb 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	17 Aug 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (441.64 Kb)	09 Aug 2016
  Variation Response	PDF (203.04 Kb)	09 Aug 2016

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