Portugal sardine purse seine

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	15 Aug 2014	1 files
  Fishery Suspended	14 Aug 2014	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Jan 2014	1 files
  Certificate withdrawn	17 Apr 2012	1 files
  Change to the Unit of Certification	14 Oct 2008	1 files
  Other: Fisheries action plan	19 Mar 2013	1 files
  Other: Technical document	19 Mar 2013	1 files

• Initial Assessment (started 2008)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0159	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	13 Jan 2010	1 files
  Public certification announcement	13 Jan 2010	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	17 Dec 2009	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	17 Dec 2009	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	13 Oct 2009	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	13 Oct 2009	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	29 Sep 2008	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Change to the Unit of Certification	PDF (58.59 Kb)	14 Oct 2008

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	29 Sep 2008	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	07 Aug 2008	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	07 Aug 2008	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0159	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Jan 2014	1 files
  Surveillance report	15 Aug 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (72.04 Kb)	14 Aug 2014

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2012)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0159	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 Nov 2012	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 Jan 2013	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Other: Technical document	PDF (441.95 Kb)	19 Mar 2013
  Stakeholder Announcement: Certificate Reinstated	PDF (7.45 Kb)	23 Jan 2013
  Certificate withdrawn	PDF (134.79 Kb)	17 Apr 2012
  Other: Fisheries action plan	PDF (594.72 Kb)	19 Mar 2013

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2011)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0159	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Oct 2011	1 files
  Surveillance report	12 Jan 2012	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Response	PDF (70.92 Kb)	18 Nov 2011
  Variation Request	PDF (288.55 Kb)	17 Nov 2011

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2010)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0159	European pilchard(=Sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Dec 2010	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 Feb 2011	1 files

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