Russia Barents Sea Red King Crab

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
  Surveillance report	11 Dec 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	07 Oct 2025	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 Jan 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	24 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Oct 2024	1 files
  Vessel List	17 May 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (78.13 Kb)	17 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
  Variation Response	PDF (123.92 Kb)	22 Feb 2023
  Variation Request	PDF (264.07 Kb)	17 Feb 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (190.35 Kb)	15 Dec 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (189.54 Kb)	01 Dec 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (82.88 Kb)	14 Apr 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (253.02 Kb)	20 Aug 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (228.18 Kb)	11 May 2018

• Re-Assessment (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	04 Dec 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	04 Dec 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	01 Nov 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	01 Nov 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	29 Sep 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report	29 Sep 2023	7 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	05 Jul 2023	1 files

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  Modification to the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Modified draft tree	17 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	17 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	17 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	29 Sep 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Sep 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Dec 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	07 Oct 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	14 Jan 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	24 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	15 Feb 2018	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	22 Feb 2018	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	23 Jan 2018	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	23 Jan 2018	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	09 Nov 2017	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	09 Nov 2017	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	13 Jul 2017	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	09 Feb 2017	1 files
  Use of the RBF	09 Feb 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	09 Feb 2017	1 files
  Variation Response	09 Feb 2017	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	14 Nov 2017	1 files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	14 Nov 2017	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Apr 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Jul 2023	7 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	05 Jul 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Oct 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	27 Jan 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Apr 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1508	Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	Traps - Pots: traps	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	04 Jan 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	28 Mar 2019	1 files

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