Western Bering Sea Pollock

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	19 Sep 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	23 Jul 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Jul 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Apr 2024	1 files
  Vessel List	15 Jun 2023	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement	23 Mar 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (582.87 Kb)	23 Jul 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (175.06 Kb)	15 Jun 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (679.24 Kb)	16 Jan 2023
  Variation Response	PDF (124.81 Kb)	05 Jan 2023
  Variation Request	PDF (295.39 Kb)	19 Dec 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (181.53 Kb)	09 Feb 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (286.71 Kb)	07 Oct 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (177.03 Kb)	06 Jul 2021

• Initial assessment (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2410	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	06 Jul 2021	1 files
  Public certification report announcement	06 Jul 2021	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (214.74 Kb)	06 Jul 2021

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination	11 Jun 2021	1 files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	11 Jun 2021	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	30 Apr 2021	1 files
  Public comment draft report	30 Apr 2021	1 files
  Stakeholder input (PCDR)	30 Apr 2021	2 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed Peer Reviewers	10 Feb 2021	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	25 Sep 2020	1 files
  Stakeholder Input (ACDR)	25 Nov 2020	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	25 Sep 2020	1 files
  Use of the RBF	25 Sep 2020	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	22 Feb 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2410	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	17 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Jul 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2410	Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus = Theragra chalcogramma)	Trawls - Midwater trawls	61 (Pacific, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Mar 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Apr 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement	PDF (73.71 Kb)	23 Mar 2023
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (276.10 Kb)	19 Sep 2024

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