South Africa Albacore and Yellowfin Tuna Pole and Line 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
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	10 Apr 2026	1 files
  Section SE Announcement	10 Apr 2026	1 files
  Public Certification Report	18 Mar 2026	1 files
  Public Certification Report announcement	18 Mar 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change to fishery name	18 Mar 2026	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	20 Feb 2026	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	20 Feb 2026	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change to fishery name	PDF (230.70 Kb)	18 Mar 2026
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 1 surveillance	PDF (201.12 Kb)	18 Jun 2025
  Gap analysis	PDF (659.39 Kb)	28 Nov 2024
  Gap analysis	PDF (627.00 Kb)	11 Oct 2024

• Initial assessment (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2288	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): Pole and line (including troll line); rod and reel (including hand line)	47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	19 Aug 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	08 Aug 2024	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	17 Jul 2024	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	17 Jul 2024	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	14 Jun 2024	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	14 Jun 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	14 Jun 2024	3 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	20 Mar 2024	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	18 Dec 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	19 Feb 2024	3 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	18 Dec 2023	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	18 Dec 2023	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	18 Dec 2023	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	17 Jul 2024	1 files

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• Early application of Section SE (started 2026)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2288	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): Pole and line (including troll line); rod and reel (including hand line)	47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Section SE Announcement	10 Apr 2026	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	10 Apr 2026	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2288	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): Pole and line (including troll line); rod and reel (including hand line)	47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Oct 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Dec 2025	1 files

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• Scope Extension (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-3685	Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (hand-operated): Pole and line (including troll line); Rod and reel (including hand line)	47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Certification Report	18 Mar 2026	1 files
  Public Certification Report announcement	18 Mar 2026	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	20 Feb 2026	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	20 Feb 2026	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	09 Jan 2026	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	09 Jan 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	20 Feb 2026	2 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	21 Nov 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Proposed peer reviewers	21 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	03 Oct 2025	1 files
  Scope declaration template	02 Oct 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	03 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Scope extension announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope extension announcement	03 Oct 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Accepted variation	09 Oct 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	02 Oct 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	08 Oct 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	02 Oct 2025	1 files

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