Certifier : 
LRQA (Seafood) Limited
Certified status : 
Certified
Certified since : 
10 May 2018
Certificate expires : 
08 Feb 2029

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
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template 13 Feb 2024 1 files
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template 09 Feb 2024 1 files
    Public certification report 09 Feb 2024 1 files
    Public certification report announcement 09 Feb 2024 1 files
    Final draft report and determination 15 Jan 2024 1 files
    Final draft report and determination announcement 15 Jan 2024 1 files
    Public comment draft report 01 Dec 2023 1 files
  • General Fishery Documents
  • Re-Assessment (started 2023)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1566 Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1564 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1563 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1565 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Public Certification Report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 09 Feb 2024 1 files
    Public certification report announcement 09 Feb 2024 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template PDF (162.56 Kb) 09 Feb 2024

    Final Draft Report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final draft report and determination 15 Jan 2024 1 files
    Final draft report and determination announcement 15 Jan 2024 1 files

    Public Comment Draft Report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report announcement 29 Nov 2023 1 files
    Public comment draft report 01 Dec 2023 1 files

    Peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 12 Jul 2023 1 files

    Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

    Documents Published on Files
    Announcement Comment Draft Report 06 Apr 2023 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Variation Request PDF (101.96 Kb) 09 Feb 2023
    Variation Response PDF (124.34 Kb) 10 Feb 2023
    Stakeholder Announcement: VR to extend ACDR period announcement PDF (216.62 Kb) 10 Feb 2023
    Variation Request PDF (235.79 Kb) 24 Mar 2023
    Variation Response PDF (114.46 Kb) 14 Apr 2023
    Stakeholder Announcement: Change to assessment team composition PDF (238.80 Kb) 19 Jul 2023

    Fishery announcement

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement template 06 Apr 2023 1 files

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Assessment timeline 20 Oct 2023 1 files

  • Initial assessment (started 2017)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1566 Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1563 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1564 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1565 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Public certification report and certificate issue

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 11 May 2018 1 files
    Public certification report announcement 10 May 2018 1 files

    Final assessment report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final report and determination 17 Apr 2018 1 files
    Final report and determination announcement 17 Apr 2018 1 files

    Public review of the draft assessment report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report 16 Feb 2018 1 files
    Public comment draft report announcement 16 Feb 2018 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Variation Request PDF (80.42 Kb) 15 Feb 2018
    Variation Response PDF (514.05 Kb) 15 Feb 2018

    Client and peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 12 Dec 2017 1 files

    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement template 16 May 2017 1 files

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Assessment timeline 14 Nov 2017 1 files
    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation 14 Nov 2017 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2023)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1566 Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1563 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1564 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1565 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 06 Apr 2023 1 files
    Surveillance report 08 Sep 2023 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Vessel List PDF (303.70 Kb) 17 Jul 2023

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2021)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1566 Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1564 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1563 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1565 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 12 Oct 2021 1 files
    Surveillance report 08 Dec 2021 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2020)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1566 Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1564 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1563 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1565 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 10 Aug 2020 1 files
    Surveillance report 30 Oct 2020 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2019)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1566 Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1563 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1564 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-1565 Saithe(=Pollock) (Pollachius virens) Trawls - Otter trawls: Any NMFS approved, large mesh Otter trawl (any otter trawl including the haddock separator trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 17 May 2019 1 files
    Surveillance report 21 Aug 2019 1 files