Southern New England winter and little skate

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
  Variation Response	24 Oct 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	04 Oct 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	28 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	28 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 May 2023	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Feb 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (174.17 Kb)	24 Oct 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (179.31 Kb)	04 Oct 2024
  Variation Response	PDF (238.45 Kb)	02 Aug 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (180.51 Kb)	30 Jul 2024

• Initial assessment (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2346	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2355	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2347	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2344	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2354	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2345	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Feb 2021	1 files
  Public certification report	19 Feb 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (200.97 Kb)	22 Feb 2021

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	28 Jan 2021	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	27 Jan 2021	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	17 Dec 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	17 Dec 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	29 Sep 2020	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	04 Jun 2020	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	04 Jun 2020	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	04 Jun 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2346	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2347	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2344	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2345	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	28 Aug 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (151.51 Kb)	28 Aug 2024

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2346	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2355	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2347	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2344	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2354	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2345	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Feb 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	30 May 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2346	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2347	Little skate (Raja erinacea)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2344	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2345	Winter skate (Raja ocellata)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 Apr 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	26 Jul 2022	1 files

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