Prestige Oysters Texas and Louisiana private oyster 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
  Public certification report	18 Jun 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	18 Jun 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	18 Jun 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	23 May 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	23 May 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	27 Mar 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	27 Mar 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit delayed announcement	PDF (136.88 Kb)	21 Jun 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit delayed announcement	PDF (116.63 Kb)	14 Jun 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delay in surveillance audit	PDF (204.49 Kb)	14 Jun 2021
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (121.33 Kb)	19 Dec 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2077	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)
    UoC-2076	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	18 Jun 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	18 Jun 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	18 Jun 2025	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	27 Mar 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	27 Mar 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	13 Nov 2024	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	03 Oct 2024	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	23 May 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	23 May 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	03 Oct 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	03 Oct 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	02 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2077	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)
    UoC-2076	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	19 Dec 2019	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Dec 2019	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	26 Nov 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	26 Nov 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	24 Oct 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	24 Oct 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	13 Aug 2019	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	26 Feb 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Site visit date change	14 Mar 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	03 Apr 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	11 Apr 2019	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	15 Jul 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2077	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)
    UoC-2076	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Jan 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2076	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)
    UoC-2077	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Nov 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 Feb 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2076	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)
    UoC-2077	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	08 Sep 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Dec 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2077	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)
    UoC-2076	American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica)	Dredges - Boat dredges	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Oct 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Jan 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Site visit delayed	03 Sep 2021	1 files

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