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	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Second Site Visit	PDF (124.22 Kb)	09 Apr 2015

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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	File type	Published on
  Other document: Assessment Team Member Replacement	PDF (120.28 Kb)	22 Oct 2015
  Change to the Unit of Certification	PDF (180.98 Kb)	30 Apr 2015
  Variation Request	PDF (336.76 Kb)	27 Apr 2015
  Variation Response	PDF (240.58 Kb)	29 Apr 2015

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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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