South Australia Lakes and Coorong pipi

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
  Announcement Comment Draft Report = Open consultation	22 May 2026	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	22 May 2026	1 files
  Scope declaration template	22 May 2026	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement = Open consultation	22 May 2026	1 files
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	21 May 2026	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	12 Jan 2026	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 Jul 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	PDF (93.43 Kb)	12 Jan 2026
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	PDF (93.44 Kb)	21 Jan 2025
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (150.05 Kb)	19 Jul 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed surveillance audit	PDF (93.45 Kb)	23 Jan 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (353.03 Kb)	02 Aug 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2026)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	22 May 2026	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	22 May 2026	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	22 May 2026	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	21 May 2026	1 files

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• Re-Assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	03 Feb 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	03 Feb 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	03 Feb 2022	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	15 Nov 2021	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	15 Nov 2021	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	15 Sep 2021	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	15 Sep 2021	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	11 Aug 2021	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	21 May 2021	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	12 Jul 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	21 May 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	27 May 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2026)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 May 2026	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 May 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 Jul 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Jul 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	26 Apr 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Jun 2023	1 files

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• Re-Assessment (started 2013)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	25 Aug 2016	1 files
  Public certification announcement	24 Aug 2016	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	26 Jul 2016	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	26 Jul 2016	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	21 Jun 2016	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	21 Jun 2016	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	14 Apr 2016	3 files
  Peer review confirmation	24 May 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: announcement of splitting of fishery	10 Nov 2016	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	05 Feb 2013	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	24 May 2016	1 files
  Use of the RBF	24 May 2016	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Background notification report	08 Jan 2013	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	23 May 2016	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	23 May 2016	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	23 May 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	09 Nov 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Jan 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 Aug 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	01 Nov 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 Sep 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 Nov 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1372	Pipi (Donax deltoides)	Miscellaneous Gear: Rake	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	31 Aug 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Dec 2017	1 files

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