SPPO North Sea herring

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
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	09 Jul 2013	1 files
  Variation Request	10 Apr 2013	1 files
  Variation Response	10 Apr 2013	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Oct 2012	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 May 2012	1 files

• Initial Assessment (started 2008)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0531	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	25 May 2010	1 files
  Public certification announcement	25 May 2010	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	27 Apr 2010	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	27 Apr 2010	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	25 Jan 2010	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	25 Jan 2010	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	11 Jun 2009	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	24 Oct 2008	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	07 Mar 2008	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	07 Mar 2008	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2012)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0531	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	22 May 2012	1 files
  Surveillance report	02 Oct 2012	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (67.79 Kb)	10 Apr 2013
  Variation Response	PDF (189.83 Kb)	10 Apr 2013
  Notice of Intent to withdraw certificate	PDF (99.55 Kb)	09 Jul 2013

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2011)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0531	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Oct 2011	1 files
  Surveillance report	10 Jan 2012	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Response	PDF (150.08 Kb)	13 Mar 2013
  Variation Request	PDF (148.06 Kb)	13 Mar 2013

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