Scapêche roundnose grenadier, black scabbard fish and blue ling deep-sea fishery

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
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	26 Jul 2016	1 files
  Other document: Revised timeline	18 Feb 2016	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delay in PCDR - New information request	18 Feb 2016	1 files
  Other document: Assessment Team Member Replacement	22 Oct 2015	1 files
  Change to the Unit of Certification	30 Apr 2015	1 files
  Variation Response	29 Apr 2015	1 files
  Variation Request	27 Apr 2015	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	PDF (270.25 Kb)	26 Jul 2016

• Initial Assessment (started 2015)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1192	Black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1194	Blue ling (Molva dypterygia)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-1193	Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	26 Feb 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Second Site Visit	09 Apr 2015	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	12 Feb 2015	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	15 Jan 2015	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	15 Jan 2015	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	12 Feb 2015	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Change to the Unit of Certification	30 Apr 2015	1 files
  Other document: Assessment Team Member Replacement	22 Oct 2015	1 files
  Variation Request	27 Apr 2015	1 files
  Variation Response	29 Apr 2015	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	13 Jan 2015	1 files

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