Tosakatsuo Suisan skipjack tuna

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
  Certificate withdrawn	30 Oct 2012	1 files
  Variation Request	17 Nov 2011	1 files
  Variation Response	18 Nov 2011	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Oct 2011	2 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Aug 2011	1 files

• Initial Assessment (started 2008)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0195	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (mechanized)	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	03 Nov 2009	2 files
  Public certification announcement	03 Nov 2009	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	08 Oct 2009	2 files
  Final report and determination announcement	08 Oct 2009	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	28 Jul 2009	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	28 Jul 2009	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	19 Dec 2008	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

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

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	14 Oct 2008	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	14 Oct 2008	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2011)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0195	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (mechanized)	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Aug 2011	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Oct 2011	2 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (288.55 Kb)	17 Nov 2011
  Variation Response	PDF (70.92 Kb)	18 Nov 2011
  Certificate withdrawn	PDF (34.59 Kb)	30 Oct 2012

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2010)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-0195	Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)	Hooks And Lines - Handlines and pole-lines (mechanized)	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance report	28 Oct 2010	1 files

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