Thames cockle dredge

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
  Surveillance report	19 Dec 2022	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Sep 2022	2 files
  Surveillance report	18 Mar 2021	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Dec 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	03 Dec 2019	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (134.82 Kb)	29 Aug 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: New information period	PDF (108.12 Kb)	17 Dec 2018

• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	03 Dec 2019	1 files
  Public certification report	03 Dec 2019	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	05 Sep 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	05 Sep 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	15 Jul 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	15 Jul 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	09 Oct 2018	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	16 Mar 2018	1 files
  Use of the RBF	16 Mar 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	29 Oct 2019	1 files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	16 Aug 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Sep 2022	2 files
  Surveillance report	19 Dec 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1765	Cockle (Cerastoderma edule)	Harvesting Machines - Mechanized dredges: Hydraulic cockle dredge	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Dec 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Mar 2021	1 files

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