Tuna Alliance 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.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement = Open consultation	03 Jul 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Sep 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Jun 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	29 Aug 2023	1 files
  Public certification report	29 Jun 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	20 Jun 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	09 Jun 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (225.87 Kb)	29 Aug 2023

• Initial assessment (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2701	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	31 (Atlantic, Western Central), 34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central)
    UoC-2702	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	41 (Atlantic, Southwest), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	29 Jun 2023	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	20 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	26 May 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	09 Jun 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	05 Apr 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report	05 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	19 Oct 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	10 Jun 2022	1 files
  Stakeholder Input (ACDR)	08 Aug 2022	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	10 Jun 2022	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (205.29 Kb)	15 Jun 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (122.65 Kb)	20 Jun 2022

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	24 Oct 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2701	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	31 (Atlantic, Western Central), 34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central)
    UoC-2702	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	41 (Atlantic, Southwest), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 Jul 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2701	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	31 (Atlantic, Western Central), 34 (Atlantic, Eastern Central)
    UoC-2702	Albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	41 (Atlantic, Southwest), 47 (Atlantic, Southeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Jun 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	18 Sep 2024	1 files

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