Certifier : 
Acoura Marine Limited trading as LRQA
Certified status : 
Certified
Certified since : 
21 Feb 2013
Certificate expires : 
30 Jan 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 29 Jan 2024 1 files
    Public certification report 29 Jan 2024 1 files
    Public certification report announcement 29 Jan 2024 1 files
    Vessel List 29 Jan 2024 1 files
    Final draft report and determination 19 Dec 2023 1 files
    Final draft report and determination announcement 19 Dec 2023 1 files
    Public comment draft report 09 Nov 2023 1 files
  • General Fishery Documents
    Document Title File Type Published On
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template PDF (160.03 Kb) 29 Jan 2024
    Vessel List PDF (223.78 Kb) 29 Jan 2024
    Vessel List PDF (221.64 Kb) 26 Oct 2022
    Vessel List PDF (125.03 Kb) 07 Sep 2022
    Vessel List PDF (203.36 Kb) 30 Aug 2022
    Vessel List PDF (99.95 Kb) 06 Jan 2022
    Vessel List PDF (78.07 Kb) 06 Dec 2019
    Vessel List PDF (71.27 Kb) 05 Nov 2019
    Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template PDF (148.87 Kb) 19 Jul 2019
    Vessel List PDF (112.92 Kb) 20 Jun 2019
    Variation Response PDF (357.71 Kb) 12 Jun 2018
    Variation Request PDF (131.59 Kb) 05 Jun 2018
    Variation Response PDF (358.16 Kb) 13 Apr 2018
    Variation Response PDF (359.42 Kb) 11 Apr 2018
    Variation Request PDF (308.28 Kb) 10 Apr 2018
    Variation Request PDF (308.33 Kb) 10 Apr 2018
    Variation Response PDF (242.85 Kb) 19 Feb 2018
    Variation Request PDF (93.81 Kb) 16 Feb 2018
    Vessel List PDF (125.85 Kb) 13 Feb 2018
  • Re-Assessment (started 2023)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Public Certification Report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 29 Jan 2024 1 files
    Public certification report announcement 29 Jan 2024 1 files

    Final Draft Report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final draft report and determination 19 Dec 2023 1 files
    Final draft report and determination announcement 19 Dec 2023 1 files

    Public Comment Draft Report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report 09 Nov 2023 1 files
    Public comment draft report announcement 09 Nov 2023 1 files

    Peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 19 Jul 2023 1 files

    Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

    Documents Published on Files
    Announcement Comment Draft Report 06 Apr 2023 1 files

    Fishery announcement

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

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Assessment timeline 05 Apr 2023 1 files

  • Re-Assessment (started 2017)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Public certification report and certificate issue

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report announcement 01 Aug 2018 1 files
    Public certification report 01 Aug 2018 1 files

    Final assessment report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final report and determination 09 Jul 2018 1 files
    Final report and determination announcement 09 Jul 2018 1 files

    Public review of the draft assessment report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report 25 May 2018 1 files
    Public comment draft report announcement 25 May 2018 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Notice of intent to review new information PDF (105.10 Kb) 17 Jan 2018

    Client and peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 29 Mar 2018 1 files

    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement template 02 Feb 2017 1 files

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation 18 Apr 2018 1 files
    Assessment timeline 18 Apr 2018 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2023)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 06 Apr 2023 1 files
    Surveillance report 29 Jun 2023 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2021)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 09 Jul 2021 1 files
    Surveillance report 15 Oct 2021 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2020)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 12 Jun 2020 1 files
    Surveillance report 05 Aug 2020 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2019)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 18 Jul 2019 1 files
    Surveillance report 03 Oct 2019 1 files

  • Initial Assessment (started 2008)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Public certification report and certificate issue

    Documents Published on Files
    Public certification report 21 Feb 2013 1 files
    Public certification announcement 21 Feb 2013 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    List of client group members PDF (171.44 Kb) 28 Feb 2013

    Final assessment report and determination

    Documents Published on Files
    Final report and determination 22 Jan 2013 1 files
    Final report and determination announcement 22 Jan 2013 1 files

    Public review of the draft assessment report

    Documents Published on Files
    Public comment draft report 30 Oct 2012 1 files
    Public comment draft report announcement 30 Oct 2012 1 files

    Client and peer review

    Documents Published on Files
    Proposed peer reviewers 17 May 2012 1 files
    Peer review confirmation 17 Aug 2012 1 files

    Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

    Documents Published on Files
    Site visit announcement 08 Oct 2008 2 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Variation Response PDF (63.23 Kb) 30 Oct 2012
    Variation Request PDF (122.52 Kb) 30 Oct 2012

    Defining the assessment tree

    Documents Published on Files
    Assessment tree announcement 17 Sep 2008 2 files
    Assessment tree confirmation 27 Oct 2008 2 files

    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

    Documents Published on Files
    Stakeholder announcement 26 Feb 2008 1 files

    Timeline Documents

    Documents Published on Files
    Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation 21 Sep 2011 5 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2017)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 03 Feb 2017 1 files
    Surveillance report 16 May 2017 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2016)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 05 Feb 2016 1 files
    Surveillance report 14 Apr 2016 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2015)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 08 Jan 2015 2 files
    Surveillance report 19 Mar 2015 1 files

  • Surveillance Audit (started 2014)
    • Units of Certification
      MSC UoC Number Species Gear type Ocean Area
      UoC-0202 Northern prawn (Pandalus borealis) Trawls - Bottom trawls - otter trawls 21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

    Ongoing surveillance

    Documents Published on Files
    Surveillance audit announcement 05 Feb 2014 1 files
    Surveillance report 24 Apr 2014 1 files
    Other Documents File type Published on
    Variation Response PDF (134.37 Kb) 11 Feb 2014