Rimfrost Antarctic krill

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
  Certificate withdrawn	19 Feb 2021	1 files
  Fishery Suspended	20 Jun 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Oct 2016	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Jun 2016	1 files
  Public certification announcement	20 Aug 2015	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate withdrawn	PDF (226.74 Kb)	19 Feb 2021
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (24.73 Kb)	20 Jun 2017

• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1146	Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	48 (Atlantic, Antarctic)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	20 Aug 2015	1 files
  Public certification announcement	20 Aug 2015	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	02 Jul 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	02 Jul 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	14 May 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 May 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	16 Dec 2014	1 files
  Peer review confirmation	13 Jan 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	14 Oct 2014	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	25 Sep 2014	1 files
  Assessment tree confirmation	30 Oct 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	02 Sep 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	02 Sep 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	30 Oct 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	02 Sep 2014	1 files
  Assessment timeline	12 May 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1146	Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	48 (Atlantic, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Jun 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Oct 2016	1 files

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