Russia Barents Sea Opilio Trap

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
  Public certification report	19 Jan 2026	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Jan 2026	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	11 Dec 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	11 Dec 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	20 Oct 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	20 Oct 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Russia Barents Sea Opilio Trap_certificate expiry date extended	10 Sep 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Russia Barents Sea Opilio Trap_certificate expiry date extended	PDF (128.00 Kb)	10 Sep 2025
  Variation Response	PDF (37.63 Kb)	08 Sep 2025
  Variation Request	PDF (198.69 Kb)	29 Aug 2025
  Stakeholder Announcement: Extended RA Announcement deadline	PDF (73.93 Kb)	19 Dec 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (266.16 Kb)	18 Dec 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (266.16 Kb)	18 Dec 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (159.41 Kb)	09 Dec 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (78.14 Kb)	16 May 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (74.33 Kb)	06 Mar 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (321.18 Kb)	17 Oct 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (191.27 Kb)	15 Dec 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (190.48 Kb)	01 Dec 2021
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (252.87 Kb)	01 May 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (82.92 Kb)	14 Apr 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (252.87 Kb)	29 Aug 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2069	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	19 Jan 2026	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Jan 2026	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	20 Oct 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	20 Oct 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	16 Jul 2025	1 files

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  Modification to the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Modified draft tree	01 May 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	01 May 2025	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	11 Dec 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	11 Dec 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	01 May 2025	1 files
  Scope declaration template	01 May 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	01 May 2025	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2069	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	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	1 files

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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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  Modification to the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Modified draft tree	17 May 2019	1 files
  Confirmation of final tree	17 May 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	06 Mar 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	06 Mar 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 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2069	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 May 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	05 Aug 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2069	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Jul 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	23 Jul 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2069	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Apr 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Jul 2023	3 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	04 Apr 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	13 Apr 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2069	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps - Pots	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Aug 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Dec 2021	1 files

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