West Greenland coldwater prawn

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

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  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

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  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

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  Peer review

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

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

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

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  Fishery announcement

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

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	05 Apr 2023	1 files

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• 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

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  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

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  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

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  Client and peer review

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

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

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

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  Timeline Documents

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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  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

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  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

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  Client and peer review

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

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  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

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  Defining the assessment tree

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

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	26 Feb 2008	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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