Philippine small-scale yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) handline 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.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report	31 Oct 2023	1 files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report Announcement	31 Oct 2023	1 files
  Vessel List	24 Oct 2023	1 files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Jun 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 Apr 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (413.13 Kb)	24 Oct 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (115.23 Kb)	09 Sep 2021
  Stakeholder Announcement: MEGVAR update	PDF (561.25 Kb)	03 Nov 2020

• Initial assessment (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2411	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): handline with anchored FADs	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	02 Jun 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Oct 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (581.74 Kb)	19 Oct 2021

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	21 Sep 2021	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	21 Sep 2021	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	18 Jun 2021	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	18 Jun 2021	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	02 Sep 2021	2 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	17 Feb 2021	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	30 Sep 2020	1 files
  Stakeholder Input (ACDR)	02 Sep 2021	3 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (182.35 Kb)	27 Aug 2021

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	30 Sep 2020	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	23 Sep 2020	1 files

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• Early application of Section SE (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2411	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): handline with anchored FADs	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report Announcement	31 Oct 2023	1 files
  Section SE Public Comment Draft Report	31 Oct 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Announcement	12 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	12 Apr 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2411	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): handline with anchored FADs	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Feb 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 Apr 2023	1 files

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