Norway Greenland halibut

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.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Variation Response	23 Jan 2026	1 files
  Variation Request	16 Jan 2026	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Dec 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 May 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	19 May 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	29 Apr 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Nov 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (283.82 Kb)	07 Nov 2024
  Other document	PDF (210.47 Kb)	24 Apr 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (123.36 Kb)	02 Dec 2022
  Variation Request	PDF (480.10 Kb)	17 Nov 2022
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (232.99 Kb)	04 Nov 2022

• Initial assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2608	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Combined gillnets-trammel nets: Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2607	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Demersal longlines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2609	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2606	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	25 Jan 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	25 Jan 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	28 Dec 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	28 Dec 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	26 Oct 2022	1 files
  Variation Response	14 Nov 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	14 Jul 2022	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 Jul 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	09 May 2022	1 files
  Variation Response	16 May 2022	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	23 Feb 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	05 Dec 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	01 Dec 2021	1 files
  Variation Response	30 Nov 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	02 Dec 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	25 Jun 2022	1 files
  Variation Response	12 Jul 2022	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	28 Dec 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2608	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Combined gillnets-trammel nets: Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2607	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Demersal longlines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2609	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2606	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Dec 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	16 Jan 2026	1 files
  Variation Response	23 Jan 2026	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2608	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Combined gillnets-trammel nets: Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2607	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Demersal longlines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2609	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2606	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Nov 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 May 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	29 Apr 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	19 May 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2608	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Combined gillnets-trammel nets: Gillnets	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2607	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Demersal longlines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2609	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Seine Nets - Boat or vessel seines - Danish seines	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2606	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Nov 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Apr 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Revised audit schedule	02 Feb 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	29 Feb 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	13 Mar 2024	1 files

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