U.S. Atlantic summer flounder and black sea bass trawl 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
  Public certification report	05 Dec 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	05 Dec 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	10 Nov 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	10 Nov 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	05 Sep 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	05 Sep 2025	1 files
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	04 Sep 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (180.96 Kb)	11 Apr 2025

• Initial assessment (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-3381	Black seabass (Centropristis striata)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-3380	Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	05 Dec 2025	1 files
  Public certification report	05 Dec 2025	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	10 Nov 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	10 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	05 Sep 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	05 Sep 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	11 Jun 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	11 Mar 2025	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	11 Mar 2025	1 files
  Use of the RBF	11 Mar 2025	1 files
  Scope declaration template	11 Mar 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	11 Mar 2025	1 files
  Assessment timeline	04 Sep 2025	1 files

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