Usufuku Honten Northeast Atlantic longline bluefin tuna 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
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	16 Jan 2026	1 files
  Public certification report	19 Dec 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Dec 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	21 Nov 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	21 Nov 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	21 Nov 2025	2 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	17 Sep 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 4 surveillance	PDF (215.88 Kb)	05 Feb 2025
  Variation Response	PDF (117.56 Kb)	13 Jan 2025
  Variation Response	PDF (140.08 Kb)	08 Jan 2025
  Variation Request	PDF (319.81 Kb)	08 Nov 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (200.58 Kb)	07 Nov 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Delayed Year 3 surveillance	PDF (211.72 Kb)	05 Feb 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (561.25 Kb)	03 Nov 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (518.41 Kb)	14 Aug 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (212.41 Kb)	09 May 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (627.72 Kb)	15 Apr 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (627.72 Kb)	15 Apr 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (502.16 Kb)	14 Mar 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (133.08 Kb)	14 Mar 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1874	Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	19 Dec 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	19 Dec 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	16 Jan 2026	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	17 Sep 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	17 Sep 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	21 Nov 2025	2 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	21 May 2025	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Shortlisted peer reviewers	21 May 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	20 Feb 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (ACDR)	20 Mar 2025	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	21 Nov 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	21 Nov 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope declaration template	20 Feb 2025	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	20 Feb 2025	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	10 Sep 2025	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1874	Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	18 Aug 2020	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	06 Aug 2020	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.

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	18 Dec 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination	18 Dec 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	07 Aug 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report	07 Aug 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Notice of intent to review new information	17 May 2019	1 files
  Other document: Invitation to Stakeholders for Submission of New Information	17 May 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	26 Feb 2019	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	22 Aug 2018	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Timeline	14 Feb 2019	1 files
  Other document: Updated Timeline	03 Oct 2018	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Second Site Visit	28 Sep 2018	1 files
  Variation Request	03 Jan 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	03 Jan 2019	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	27 Sep 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2025)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1874	Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Feb 2025	1 files
  Surveillance report	13 Jun 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1874	Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	13 Feb 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	03 Jun 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1874	Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	08 Feb 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	03 Jul 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1874	Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Pelagic longline	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 Feb 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	07 Jun 2022	1 files

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