Northern Ireland Pelagic Sustainability Group(NIPSG) North Sea herring

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	22 Dec 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Jun 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Mar 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	31 Jan 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	23 Jan 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Apr 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (146.22 Kb)	12 Aug 2022
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (354.86 Kb)	12 Aug 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (122.00 Kb)	11 May 2022
  Variation Request	PDF (177.77 Kb)	09 May 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (127.79 Kb)	26 Aug 2021
  Variation Request	PDF (195.51 Kb)	19 Aug 2021
  Stakeholder Announcement: Announcement regarding suspension for NEA Mackerel fisheries	PDF (146.36 Kb)	05 Sep 2019
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (92.83 Kb)	17 Jul 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Inter-benchmarking report statement	PDF (132.27 Kb)	24 Apr 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Corrective Action Plan - Addressing suspension	PDF (330.99 Kb)	24 Apr 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (130.51 Kb)	01 Apr 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (130.51 Kb)	01 Apr 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (146.18 Kb)	21 Mar 2019
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (133.22 Kb)	31 Jan 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (497.83 Kb)	05 Oct 2017
  Other document: Name Change	PDF (421.59 Kb)	01 Sep 2016

• Re-Assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	12 Aug 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	12 Aug 2022	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	19 Jul 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	19 Jul 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	10 Jun 2022	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	10 Jun 2022	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Mar 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	01 Nov 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	29 Oct 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	24 Oct 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Dec 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Mar 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Jun 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	23 Jan 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	31 Jan 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 Dec 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Apr 2024	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1159	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1158	Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification announcement	07 Nov 2016	1 files
  Public certification report	08 Dec 2016	2 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Notice of intent to review new information	22 Dec 2015	1 files
  Other document: Revised Timeline	13 Jul 2016	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	13 Oct 2016	2 files
  Final report and determination announcement	13 Oct 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	24 Aug 2016	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	21 Jul 2016	2 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	21 Jul 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Revised Timeline	22 Dec 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	27 Jan 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	18 Dec 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Revised Timeline	12 Jun 2015	1 files
  Variation Request	30 Aug 2016	1 files
  Variation Response	30 Aug 2016	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	26 Nov 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	03 Dec 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	04 Nov 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	15 Dec 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	04 Nov 2014	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1158	Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Dec 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	10 Mar 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 Jan 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 May 2020	1 files

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• Expedited Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1158	Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Expedited audit

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement expedited audit	05 Jun 2019	1 files
  Expedited audit report	05 Sep 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	24 Jul 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	31 Jul 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1158	Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Nov 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 Apr 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1160	Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1158	Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Dec 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Apr 2018	1 files

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