South Australia sardine 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.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	07 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	03 Nov 2023	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	08 Sep 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delay in reassessment announcement	09 Aug 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	07 Aug 2023	1 files
  Variation Request	02 Aug 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit delay announcement	16 May 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	PDF (133.30 Kb)	07 May 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delay in reassessment announcement	PDF (137.43 Kb)	09 Aug 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (115.20 Kb)	07 Aug 2023
  Variation Request	PDF (159.29 Kb)	02 Aug 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit delay announcement	PDF (116.18 Kb)	16 May 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Surveillance Audit Announcement	PDF (202.96 Kb)	06 May 2022
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (320.96 Kb)	16 Aug 2019

• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1809	Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	08 Nov 2018	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	08 Nov 2018	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	16 Oct 2018	1 files
  Final report and determination	16 Oct 2018	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	04 Sep 2018	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	04 Sep 2018	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	10 Jul 2018	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	19 Apr 2018	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	11 Jun 2018	1 files
  Variation Response	29 Aug 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	19 Apr 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1809	Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	08 Sep 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	03 Nov 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1809	Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Oct 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Jan 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1809	Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Feb 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Jun 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1809	Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines)	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	19 Dec 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	24 Feb 2020	1 files

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