US Acadian redfish, pollock and haddock otter 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.

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 = Open consultation	06 May 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 Jul 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Apr 2024	1 files
  Public certification report	30 Jan 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Certificate Reinstatement	18 Sep 2023	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	17 Jul 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	31 May 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Certificate Reinstatement	PDF (125.79 Kb)	18 Sep 2023
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (69.54 Kb)	17 Jul 2023
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (99.66 Kb)	04 Feb 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (124.63 Kb)	06 Dec 2021
  Variation Request	PDF (198.11 Kb)	02 Dec 2021
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (53.82 Kb)	23 Jul 2019
  List of client group members	PDF (306.29 Kb)	16 Aug 2018
  Other document: MSC022 Advisory for stakeholders of delayed surveillance audit (16_04_2018)	PDF (254.23 Kb)	16 Apr 2018
  Variation Response	PDF (511.72 Kb)	12 Apr 2018
  Variation Request	PDF (413.08 Kb)	09 Apr 2018
  Other document: MSC022 Notice of reinstatement of certificate 9th April 2018	PDF (326.50 Kb)	09 Apr 2018
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (238.79 Kb)	09 Jan 2018
  Variation Response	PDF (508.67 Kb)	01 Dec 2017
  Variation Request	PDF (498.83 Kb)	30 Nov 2017

• Re-Assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	30 Jan 2024	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	03 Feb 2022	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	10 Jan 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	10 Jan 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	02 Dec 2021	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	03 Dec 2021	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	18 Aug 2021	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	30 Mar 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	31 Mar 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	18 Aug 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 May 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	16 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 Jul 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Feb 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	31 May 2023	1 files

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• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	05 Jul 2016	3 files
  Public certification announcement	05 Jul 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Other document: Revised PCR	PDF (9835.38 Kb)	31 Mar 2017
  Other document: Stakeholder Notification of Revised PCR	PDF (235.29 Kb)	31 Mar 2017

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	07 Jun 2016	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	07 Jun 2016	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	17 Mar 2016	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	17 Mar 2016	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	16 Apr 2015	1 files
  Peer review confirmation	20 Apr 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	22 Jan 2015	1 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	22 Jan 2015	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed assessment team	11 Dec 2014	1 files
  Stakeholder announcement	09 Dec 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	22 Jan 2015	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	21 Dec 2015	2 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	31 Mar 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Jul 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	21 Jan 2020	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Apr 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder advisory regarding SAIG's intention to conduct the surveillance outside of the allowed 6 month-window	PDF (194.26 Kb)	22 Jan 2020

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Jan 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 May 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Surveillance Audit outside of 6 month window	PDF (255.21 Kb)	10 Jan 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Notification regarding SAI Global’s intention to change surveillance audit activities dates	PDF (348.23 Kb)	11 Feb 2019

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1175	Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1177	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1173	Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1174	Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	15 Jun 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	17 Sep 2018	1 files

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