North and South Atlantic swordfish Spanish longline 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
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	27 Jan 2017	1 files
  Variation Request	01 Jun 2016	1 files
  Variation Response	01 Jun 2016	1 files
  Timeline: Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	09 Dec 2016	1 files
  Other document: PCDR Period Extended	21 Nov 2016	1 files
  Change to the Unit of Certification	04 Nov 2016	1 files
  Public comment draft report	18 Oct 2016	2 files

• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1187	Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest), 27 (Atlantic, Northeast), 31 (Atlantic, Western Central), 34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central)
    UoC-1189	Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	41 (Atlantic, Southwest), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	18 Oct 2016	2 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	18 Oct 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	27 Jan 2017	1 files
  Other document: PCDR Period Extended	21 Nov 2016	1 files
  Variation Request	01 Dec 2016	1 files
  Variation Response	01 Dec 2016	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	21 Apr 2016	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	07 May 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Change to the Unit of Certification	04 Nov 2016	1 files
  Notice of intent to review new information	30 Jun 2015	1 files
  Variation Request	08 Nov 2016	1 files
  Variation Response	08 Nov 2016	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	29 Jun 2015	1 files
  Assessment tree confirmation	21 Apr 2015	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	11 Jun 2015	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	23 Dec 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	23 Jun 2015	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	09 Dec 2016	1 files

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