Wash Brown Shrimp

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	15 Aug 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	15 Aug 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination	22 Jul 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	22 Jul 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	22 Jul 2025	1 files
  Variation Response	27 Jun 2025	1 files
  Variation Request	26 Jun 2025	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (113.99 Kb)	27 Jun 2025
  Variation Request	PDF (264.24 Kb)	26 Jun 2025
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (156.57 Kb)	29 Jan 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (143.99 Kb)	20 Jan 2020

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1811	Common shrimp (Crangon crangon)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	15 Aug 2025	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	15 Aug 2025	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public Comment Draft Report announcement	21 May 2025	1 files
  Public Comment Draft Report	28 May 2025	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	22 Jul 2025	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	29 Jan 2025	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	17 Oct 2024	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final Draft Report and determination	22 Jul 2025	1 files
  Final Draft Report and determination announcement	22 Jul 2025	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	17 Oct 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	17 Oct 2024	1 files
  Use of the RBF	17 Oct 2024	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	14 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1811	Common shrimp (Crangon crangon)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	20 Jan 2020	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	20 Jan 2020	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	28 Nov 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	28 Nov 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Variation Request	11 Oct 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	18 Oct 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	06 Sep 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	06 Sep 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	Published on	Files
  Other document: Revised timeline	12 Mar 2019	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: New information period	29 Jan 2019	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	03 Jan 2019	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	29 Jun 2018	1 files
  Use of the RBF	27 Apr 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	29 Oct 2019	1 files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	16 Aug 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1811	Common shrimp (Crangon crangon)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	10 Feb 2025	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1811	Common shrimp (Crangon crangon)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 Oct 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	23 Jan 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1811	Common shrimp (Crangon crangon)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	18 Jul 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	29 Sep 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1811	Common shrimp (Crangon crangon)	Trawls - Bottom trawls - beam trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Jun 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	27 Oct 2021	1 files

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