Norebo Sea of Okhotsk Mid-Water Trawl Pollock 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
  Surveillance report	14 Nov 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: SH announcement_name change_HGL	05 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Aug 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 Nov 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Aug 2024	1 files
  Vessel List	13 Feb 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	01 Nov 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: SH announcement_name change_HGL	PDF (115.04 Kb)	05 Sep 2025
  Vessel List	PDF (70.23 Kb)	13 Feb 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (77.96 Kb)	12 Feb 2024

• Initial assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2601	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)
    UoC-2602	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	01 Nov 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	01 Nov 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	01 Nov 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	06 Oct 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	06 Oct 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	10 Jul 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	10 Jul 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement	27 Jul 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	12 Apr 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement	21 Mar 2023	1 files
  Variation Request	11 Apr 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	11 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	11 Nov 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	06 Dec 2021	1 files
  Variation Response	09 Dec 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	11 Nov 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	20 Sep 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2601	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)
    UoC-2602	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Aug 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 Nov 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2601	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)
    UoC-2602	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 Nov 2024	1 files

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