Ross Sea toothfish longline

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 Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	07 Mar 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Mar 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	29 Nov 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	13 Oct 2022	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Jul 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Jan 2022	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	15 Nov 2021	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (261.85 Kb)	07 Mar 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (212.37 Kb)	11 Mar 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (206.13 Kb)	23 Sep 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	28 Sep 2020	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	24 Sep 2020	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	09 Sep 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	27 Aug 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	24 Jun 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	24 Jun 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	21 Apr 2020	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	24 Feb 2020	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	23 Mar 2020	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	24 Feb 2020	1 files
  Assessment timeline	13 Jul 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	29 Nov 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Mar 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Jul 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	13 Oct 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Oct 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Jan 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (281.52 Kb)	15 Nov 2021

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• Re-Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	11 Jan 2016	1 files
  Public certification announcement	12 Jan 2016	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	18 Dec 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	15 Dec 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	24 Sep 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	24 Sep 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	25 Aug 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	19 Aug 2014	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	23 Sep 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	19 Aug 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	19 Aug 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	09 Sep 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	01 Dec 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Mar 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Apr 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Aug 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Nov 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 Aug 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	17 Oct 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Jul 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Oct 2016	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2007)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	15 Nov 2010	1 files
  Public certification announcement	18 Nov 2010	1 files

  There was an objection accepted to the final report and determination for this fishery.
  The Independent Adjudicator’s final decision is included in the Public Certification Report.
  Please email standards@msc.org to request the documents related to this objection.

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	18 Nov 2009	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	18 Nov 2009	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	28 Jul 2009	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	28 Jul 2009	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	04 Mar 2008	2 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	04 Mar 2008	2 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	21 Nov 2007	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	19 Aug 2014	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Dec 2014	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2013)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Aug 2013	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Dec 2013	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Response	PDF (184.52 Kb)	27 Aug 2013
  Variation Request	PDF (358.18 Kb)	21 Aug 2013

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2012)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Aug 2012	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Dec 2012	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2011)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0160	Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)	Hooks And Lines - Set longlines	88 (Pacific, Antarctic)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Sep 2011	2 files
  Surveillance report	22 Dec 2011	1 files

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