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	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	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (221.58 Kb)	14 May 2018
  Variation Response	PDF (369.43 Kb)	07 Jun 2018
  Variation Request	PDF (316.60 Kb)	11 Jun 2018
  Variation Response	PDF (364.32 Kb)	29 Aug 2018

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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	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	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	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	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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