U.S. Gulf of Mexico menhaden purse seine

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
  Public certification report	26 Mar 2026	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	26 Mar 2026	1 files
  Timeline: Assessment timeline	25 Mar 2026	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	18 Nov 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	18 Nov 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Notification of CAB transfer	18 Nov 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	07 Oct 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (114.95 Kb)	19 Feb 2025
  Variation Request	PDF (152.68 Kb)	12 Feb 2025
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Notification - Change in assessment team of Year 4 Surveillance & Reassessment	PDF (136.59 Kb)	22 Oct 2024
  Other document: Client Certificate Sharing Statement	PDF (45.52 Kb)	19 Jul 2024
  Other document: Client Certificate Sharing Statement	PDF (45.52 Kb)	19 Jul 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance audit after certificate anniversary date	PDF (102.64 Kb)	06 Mar 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement: Notification of surveillance audit after the certificate anniversary date	PDF (98.36 Kb)	19 Apr 2022
  Stakeholder Announcement: Postponement of Surveillance Audit and Change in Audit Team	PDF (182.31 Kb)	10 Sep 2021
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (141.98 Kb)	23 Oct 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (343.16 Kb)	06 Jun 2017
  Variation Response	PDF (507.68 Kb)	06 Jun 2017

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1635	Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) - two boats operated purse seines: Purse seine	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	26 Mar 2026	1 files
  Public certification report	26 Mar 2026	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report	03 Oct 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	07 Oct 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Notification of CAB transfer	18 Nov 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	12 Aug 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	25 Aug 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	25 Sep 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Advisory - additional information will be accepted more than 30 days after the last day of the site visit	13 Dec 2024	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	19 Jul 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	24 Sep 2024	2 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	18 Nov 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	18 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	19 Jul 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	19 Jul 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	25 Mar 2026	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1635	Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) - two boats operated purse seines: Purse seine	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	22 Oct 2019	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	22 Oct 2019	1 files

  There was an objection accepted to the final report and determination for this fishery.
  The Independent Adjudicator’s final decision is included in the Public Certification Report.
  Please email standards@msc.org to request the documents related to this objection.

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Client Certificate sharing statement	22 Oct 2019	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	04 Jun 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	04 Jun 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	27 Mar 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	27 Mar 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	19 Sep 2017	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	06 Jun 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Revised timeline	30 Nov 2018	1 files
  Other document: Revised Timline	25 Sep 2017	1 files
  Other document: • MSC Announcement of additional client and change to fishery name GoM menhaden (MSC029)	05 Mar 2018	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Change in lead auditor, Accepted VR, Revised timeline & Update on the current status of the Assessment.	30 Nov 2018	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: • MSC Announcement of additional stakeholder comment period GoM menhaden (MSC029)	05 Mar 2018	1 files
  Variation Request	20 Nov 2018	1 files
  Variation Response	26 Nov 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	05 Mar 2018	2 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1635	Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) - two boats operated purse seines: Purse seine	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	19 Jul 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Mar 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  UOA Form	19 Jul 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	21 Oct 2024	1 files
  Variation Response	31 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1635	Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) - two boats operated purse seines: Purse seine	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Jun 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 Sep 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1635	Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) - two boats operated purse seines: Purse seine	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	04 Nov 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	06 Feb 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: GTC's intention to conduct the Surveillance Audit outside of the allowed 6 month window	04 Nov 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1635	Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines) - two boats operated purse seines: Purse seine	31 (Atlantic, Western Central)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Sep 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Dec 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Postponement of surveillance audit	13 Aug 2021	1 files

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