Southern king crab, Central Patagonian stock, traps with escape rings fishery in Argentine Sea

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
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Apr 2025	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	26 Aug 2024	1 files
  Other document: Scope of Declaration	26 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Aug 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	27 Jun 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	24 Jun 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Mar 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (125.10 Kb)	06 Sep 2021
  Variation Response	PDF (122.54 Kb)	23 Feb 2021
  Variation Request	PDF (756.53 Kb)	08 Feb 2021

• Initial assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0405	Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla)	Traps: Traps with escape rings	41 (Atlantic, Southwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	08 Mar 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	08 Mar 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (403.47 Kb)	08 Mar 2022

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	01 Feb 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	01 Feb 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	20 Oct 2021	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	19 Oct 2021	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	09 Jun 2021	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	17 Feb 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	17 Feb 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	12 Jan 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0405	Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla)	Traps: Traps with escape rings	41 (Atlantic, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Apr 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0405	Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla)	Traps: Traps with escape rings	41 (Atlantic, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	20 Mar 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Aug 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (505.03 Kb)	29 Apr 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (658.10 Kb)	24 Jun 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (264.42 Kb)	27 Jun 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (505.03 Kb)	26 Aug 2024
  Other document: Scope of Declaration	PDF (753.42 Kb)	26 Aug 2024

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0405	Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla)	Traps: Traps with escape rings	41 (Atlantic, Southwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Apr 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Jul 2023	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2010)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0405	Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla)	Traps: Traps with escape rings	41 (Atlantic, Southwest)

  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	11 Mar 2010	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	23 Jan 2013	1 files

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