Russia Barents Sea Greenland Halibut

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.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Vessel List	14 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Feb 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	17 Oct 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	05 Jul 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: New site visit dates	20 Mar 2023	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Mar 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (72.80 Kb)	14 Oct 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (464.91 Kb)	22 May 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (5907.53 Kb)	17 Oct 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (373.46 Kb)	28 Apr 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (181.44 Kb)	28 Jan 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (96.69 Kb)	07 Oct 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (102.08 Kb)	12 Feb 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (101.64 Kb)	24 Dec 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (100.82 Kb)	18 Dec 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (159.18 Kb)	11 May 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (79.22 Kb)	01 May 2020
  Stakeholder Announcement: Client Group Change	PDF (116.34 Kb)	01 May 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (79.12 Kb)	14 Apr 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (249.94 Kb)	29 Aug 2019

• Initial assessment (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2066	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	07 Apr 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	07 Apr 2020	2 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Other document: updated Certificate sharing agreement	PDF (678.54 Kb)	01 May 2020

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	16 Mar 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	16 Mar 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	30 Jan 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	30 Jan 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

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

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	06 Mar 2019	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	06 Mar 2019	1 files
  Use of the RBF	28 Mar 2019	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	06 Mar 2019	1 files
  Assessment timeline	30 Jan 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2066	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Feb 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 May 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2066	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Mar 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	05 Jul 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: New site visit dates	PDF (17.02 Kb)	20 Mar 2023

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2066	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Aug 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	17 Dec 2021	1 files

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