Certifier : 
SCS Global Services
Certified status : 
Combined with another assessment
Certified since : 
22 May 2018
Certificate expires : 
21 Nov 2023

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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Please note this fishery is covered by another assessment - U.S. Northeastern Coast Longfin Inshore Squid and Northern Shortfin Squid Bottom Trawl Fishery

  • Recently uploaded documents
    Documents Published On Files
    Certificate withdrawn 03 Feb 2023 1 files
    Surveillance audit announcement 26 Oct 2022 1 files
    Surveillance report 22 Nov 2021 1 files
    Surveillance audit announcement 13 Aug 2021 1 files
    Surveillance report 30 Sep 2020 1 files
  • General Fishery Documents
    Document Title File Type Published On
    Certificate withdrawn PDF (199.99 Kb) 03 Feb 2023
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template PDF (153.97 Kb) 03 Aug 2019
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template PDF (192.55 Kb) 23 Jul 2019
    Other document: MSC Unit of Certification _ Traceability PDF (513.55 Kb) 22 May 2018
    Variation Response PDF (499.66 Kb) 16 May 2018
    Variation Request PDF (471.10 Kb) 03 May 2018
  • Initial assessment (started 2017)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1663 Longfin squid (Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii) Trawls - Bottom trawls: small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Public certification report and certificate issue

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 22 May 2018 1 files
    Public certification report announcement 22 May 2018 1 files

    Final assessment report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final report and determination 26 Apr 2018 1 files
    Final report and determination announcement 26 Apr 2018 1 files

    Public review of the draft assessment report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report 01 Mar 2018 1 files
    Public comment draft report announcement 01 Mar 2018 1 files

    Client and peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 19 Dec 2017 1 files
    Peer review confirmation 26 Jan 2018 1 files

    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement template 29 Jun 2017 1 files
    Use of the RBF 29 Jun 2017 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    List of client group members PDF (213.42 Kb) 27 Jun 2017

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation 29 Jun 2017 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2022)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1663 Longfin squid (Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii) Trawls - Bottom trawls: small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-2000 Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls: Small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 26 Oct 2022 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2021)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1663 Longfin squid (Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii) Trawls - Bottom trawls: small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-2000 Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls: Small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 13 Aug 2021 1 files
    Surveillance report 22 Nov 2021 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2020)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1663 Longfin squid (Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii) Trawls - Bottom trawls: small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
      UoC-2000 Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls: Small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 26 Jun 2020 1 files
    Surveillance report 30 Sep 2020 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2019)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-1663 Longfin squid (Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii) Trawls - Bottom trawls: small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 18 Jun 2019 1 files
    Surveillance report 23 Sep 2019 1 files

  • Scope Extension (started 2018)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-2000 Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls: Small mesh bottom trawl 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Public certification report and certificate issue

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 02 May 2019 1 files
    Public certification report and announcement 02 May 2019 1 files

    Final assessment report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final report and determination 09 Apr 2019 1 files
    Final report and determination announcement 09 Apr 2019 1 files

    Public review of the draft assessment report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report announcement 25 Feb 2019 1 files
    Public comment draft report 25 Feb 2019 1 files

    Client and peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 04 Dec 2018 1 files
    Peer review confirmation 02 May 2019 1 files

    Expedited audit announcement

    Documents Published on Files
    Expedited assessment announcement 29 May 2018 2 files
    Gap Analysis 29 May 2018 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Variation Request PDF (471.14 Kb) 01 Jun 2018
    Variation Response PDF (500.07 Kb) 01 Jun 2018

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Expedited audit announcement 04 Feb 2019 1 files