West Greenland offshore Greenland halibut

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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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement = Open consultation	24 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Jan 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Deadline	13 Nov 2023	1 files
  Variation Request	08 Nov 2023	1 files
  Variation Response	08 Nov 2023	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	25 Aug 2023	1 files
  Other document	25 Aug 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Other document	PDF (378.72 Kb)	25 Aug 2023
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (160.77 Kb)	25 Aug 2023
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (160.48 Kb)	22 Nov 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (104.05 Kb)	16 Mar 2022
  Stakeholder Announcement: Deviation of Audit schedule	PDF (240.21 Kb)	30 Oct 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (77.23 Kb)	29 May 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (76.69 Kb)	26 May 2020
  Other document: Change in surveillance schedule	PDF (144.96 Kb)	15 Jul 2019
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (171.03 Kb)	11 Jul 2019
  Vessel List	PDF (44.95 Kb)	01 Jun 2017

• Re-Assessment (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2330	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	22 Nov 2022	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	22 Nov 2022	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	21 Oct 2022	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	21 Oct 2022	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	10 Aug 2022	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	10 Aug 2022	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	06 Apr 2022	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	14 Dec 2021	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	13 Dec 2021	1 files
  Use of the RBF	10 Dec 2021	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	09 Dec 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2330	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 Oct 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2330	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Aug 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Jan 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (354.24 Kb)	08 Nov 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (118.47 Kb)	08 Nov 2023
  Stakeholder Announcement: Deadline	PDF (134.02 Kb)	13 Nov 2023

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• Initial assessment (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	23 May 2017	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	23 May 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (83.67 Kb)	23 Jan 2020

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	10 Apr 2017	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	11 Apr 2017	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	14 Feb 2017	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	16 Feb 2017	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	20 Sep 2016	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	24 May 2016	1 files
  Client document checklist	19 May 2016	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Notice of intent to review new information	PDF (16.89 Kb)	28 Jun 2016

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	19 May 2016	1 files
  Assessment timeline	19 May 2016	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2330	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 Dec 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Mar 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2330	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	05 Jan 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	25 Mar 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	12 Aug 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Nov 2019	1 files

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• Scope Extension (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2330	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Hooks And Lines - Longlines: Longlines	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report and announcement	04 Sep 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	04 Sep 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Other document: Vessel list	PDF (130.88 Kb)	27 Mar 2020

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	03 Mar 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	03 Mar 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	15 Jan 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report	15 Jan 2020	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	19 Nov 2019	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	12 Aug 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (174.07 Kb)	25 Oct 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (197.78 Kb)	07 Nov 2019

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  Scope extension announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope extension announcement	12 Aug 2019	1 files
  Use of the RBF	12 Aug 2019	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Scope extension announcement	12 Aug 2019	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1374	Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)	Trawls - Bottom trawls	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	04 Jul 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	08 Oct 2018	1 files

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