Tri Marine Atlantic Albacore longline fishery

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	05 Jun 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 Nov 2023	1 files
  Vessel List	08 Nov 2023	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Jun 2023	1 files
  Gap analysis	16 Mar 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (176.63 Kb)	08 Nov 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (93.79 Kb)	27 Apr 2023
  Gap analysis	PDF (784.74 Kb)	16 Mar 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (115.23 Kb)	09 Sep 2021

• Initial assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2489	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Drifting longlines	31 (Atlantic, Western Central), 34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central)
    UoC-2490	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Drifting longlines	41 (Atlantic, Southwest), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	13 Jul 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	01 Jul 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (32.73 Kb)	30 Jun 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (288.37 Kb)	15 Jul 2022

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	09 Jun 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	09 Jun 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	30 Mar 2022	1 files
  Public comment draft report	30 Mar 2022	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	30 Apr 2022	3 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	08 Sep 2021	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	15 Apr 2021	1 files
  Stakeholder Input (ACDR)	14 Sep 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (202.94 Kb)	03 Jul 2021
  Variation Response	PDF (112.92 Kb)	17 Sep 2021

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	19 Apr 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	04 Mar 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2489	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Drifting longlines	31 (Atlantic, Western Central), 34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central)
    UoC-2490	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Drifting longlines	41 (Atlantic, Southwest), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	05 Jun 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2489	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Drifting longlines	31 (Atlantic, Western Central), 34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central)
    UoC-2490	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Drifting longlines	41 (Atlantic, Southwest), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Jun 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 Nov 2023	1 files

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