Western Australia octopus

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
  Vessel List	08 Nov 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	19 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Aug 2024	1 files
  Proposed peer reviewers	10 Jul 2024	1 files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	07 Jun 2024	1 files
  Fishery announcement template	07 Jun 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	07 Jun 2024	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Vessel List	PDF (343.70 Kb)	08 Nov 2024
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (145.15 Kb)	19 Aug 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (343.23 Kb)	19 Aug 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (344.37 Kb)	11 Apr 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (93.00 Kb)	25 Mar 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (339.47 Kb)	17 Nov 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (309.16 Kb)	26 May 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (309.74 Kb)	28 Apr 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (854.28 Kb)	05 Apr 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (1403.61 Kb)	14 Oct 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (1403.61 Kb)	14 Oct 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (1377.83 Kb)	23 Jun 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (1385.55 Kb)	13 Dec 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (1384.81 Kb)	11 Nov 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (1386.26 Kb)	29 Oct 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (72.91 Kb)	07 May 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (59.69 Kb)	13 Apr 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (85.25 Kb)	19 Mar 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (52.83 Kb)	14 Dec 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (89.35 Kb)	24 Feb 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (88.96 Kb)	04 Feb 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (98.96 Kb)	31 Oct 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1922	Western rock octopus (Octopus djinda)	Traps	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	10 Jul 2024	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	07 Jun 2024	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	07 Jun 2024	1 files
  Scope declaration template	07 Jun 2024	1 files

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• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1922	Western rock octopus (Octopus djinda)	Traps	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	03 Sep 2020	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	31 Oct 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (111.57 Kb)	22 Nov 2019
  Other document: Gap analysis	PDF (143.37 Kb)	07 Jan 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (110.36 Kb)	07 Jan 2020
  Vessel List	PDF (89.02 Kb)	08 Jan 2020
  Stakeholder Announcement: Announcement gap analysis	PDF (98.64 Kb)	14 Jan 2020
  Stakeholder Announcement: re-issuing PCR	PDF (96.40 Kb)	03 Sep 2020

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	09 Oct 2019	1 files
  Final report and determination	09 Oct 2019	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	27 Aug 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	27 Aug 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Announcement - Additional stakeholder submission period	PDF (136.70 Kb)	26 Jul 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Revised Timeline	PDF (145.40 Kb)	26 Jul 2019

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	07 May 2019	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	19 Sep 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	19 Sep 2018	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1922	Western rock octopus (Octopus djinda)	Traps	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	07 Jun 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Aug 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1922	Western rock octopus (Octopus djinda)	Traps	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	23 Mar 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	21 Jun 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1922	Western rock octopus (Octopus djinda)	Traps	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	01 Mar 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	20 Sep 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1922	Western rock octopus (Octopus djinda)	Traps	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Feb 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	07 May 2021	1 files

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