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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
  Surveillance report	13 Sep 2024	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	30 Aug 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 May 2024	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Deviation from surveillance schedule	04 Apr 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Aug 2023	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Apr 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	15 Jun 2022	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (278.38 Kb)	30 Aug 2024
  Stakeholder Announcement: Deviation from surveillance schedule	PDF (218.41 Kb)	04 Apr 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (261.63 Kb)	03 Feb 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (122.42 Kb)	02 Feb 2021
  Vessel List	PDF (178.10 Kb)	24 Dec 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (194.09 Kb)	14 May 2019

• Initial assessment (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2466	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2458	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2454	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2455	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2460	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2453	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2456	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2457	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2459	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	14 Dec 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	14 Dec 2020	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	17 Nov 2020	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	17 Nov 2020	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	05 Aug 2020	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	31 Jul 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Notice of intent to review new information	PDF (119.24 Kb)	17 Sep 2019

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	18 Apr 2019	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	18 Dec 2018	1 files
  Use of the RBF	18 Dec 2018	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	19 Apr 2019	1 files
  Assessment timeline	06 Jun 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2453	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2459	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2457	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2456	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2460	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2454	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2458	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2455	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	03 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	13 Sep 2024	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2023)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2453	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2456	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2455	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2459	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2460	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2458	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2454	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2457	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Apr 2023	1 files
  Surveillance report	22 Aug 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2458	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2455	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2457	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2460	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2454	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2456	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2453	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)
    UoC-2459	Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	Traps	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	25 Feb 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	15 Jun 2022	1 files

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