Certifier : 
Bureau Veritas Certification
Certified status : 
Withdrawn

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
    Notice of Intent to suspend 31 May 2017 1 files
    Notice of Intent to suspend 15 Jan 2014 1 files
    Surveillance audit announcement 19 Dec 2013 1 files
    Stakeholder Announcement: Risk Based Framework (RBF) Meeting 19 Mar 2013 1 files
    Stakeholder Announcement: Variation Request (Consideration of other eligible fishers) 19 Mar 2013 1 files
    Variation Request 19 Mar 2013 1 files
    Variation Response 19 Mar 2013 1 files
  • General Fishery Documents
    Document Title File Type Published On
    Notice of Intent to suspend PDF (86.21 Kb) 31 May 2017
  • Initial Assessment (started 2011)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0686 Arched razor shell (Ensis magnus) Miscellaneous Gear: Diving - by hand 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

    Public certification report and certificate issue

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 17 Jan 2013 1 files
    Public certification announcement 17 Jan 2013 1 files

    Final assessment report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final report and determination 29 Nov 2012 1 files
    Final report and determination announcement 29 Nov 2012 1 files

    Public review of the draft assessment report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report 18 Oct 2012 1 files
    Public comment draft report announcement 18 Oct 2012 1 files

    Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

    Documents Published on Files
    Site visit announcement 02 Feb 2012 1 files
    Other Documents Published on Files
    Stakeholder Announcement: Risk Based Framework (RBF) Meeting 19 Mar 2013 1 files
    Stakeholder Announcement: Variation Request (Consideration of other eligible fishers) 19 Mar 2013 1 files
    Variation Request 19 Mar 2013 1 files
    Variation Response 19 Mar 2013 1 files

    Defining the assessment tree

    Documents Published on Files
    Assessment tree announcement 31 Jan 2012 1 files
    Assessment tree confirmation 24 May 2012 2 files

    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

    Documents Published on Files
    Stakeholder announcement 02 Nov 2011 1 files

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation 02 Feb 2012 3 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2013)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0686 Arched razor shell (Ensis magnus) Miscellaneous Gear: Diving - by hand 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 19 Dec 2013 1 files
    Other Documents Published on Files
    Notice of Intent to suspend 15 Jan 2014 1 files