Australia silverlip pearl oyster

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
  Variation Response	29 Oct 2024	1 files
  Variation Request	21 Oct 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Sep 2024	1 files
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	30 Jul 2024	1 files
  Vessel List	30 Jul 2024	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 May 2024	1 files
  Public certification report	25 Jul 2023	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (114.58 Kb)	29 Oct 2024
  Variation Request	PDF (118.91 Kb)	21 Oct 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (340.21 Kb)	06 Jul 2023
  Variation Request	PDF (97.72 Kb)	21 Jun 2022
  Variation Response	PDF (125.99 Kb)	21 Jun 2022
  Vessel List	PDF (498.72 Kb)	04 Mar 2022
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (155.74 Kb)	26 Aug 2019

• Re-Assessment (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1273	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1272	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-2845	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand harvesting of wild broodstock and hatchery reared	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	05 Jul 2023	1 files
  Public certification report	25 Jul 2023	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (169.79 Kb)	07 Jul 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (340.30 Kb)	10 Jul 2023
  Vessel List	PDF (340.79 Kb)	12 Jul 2023

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	15 May 2023	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	15 May 2023	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	06 Apr 2023	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	06 Apr 2023	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	18 Jan 2023	1 files

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	10 Oct 2022	1 files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	10 Oct 2022	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment timeline	11 Jan 2023	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2024)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1272	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1273	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-2845	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand harvesting of wild broodstock and hatchery reared	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	24 May 2024	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Sep 2024	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (164.31 Kb)	30 Jul 2024
  Vessel List	PDF (345.93 Kb)	30 Jul 2024

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• Initial assessment (started 2015)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1272	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1273	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1276	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	71 (Pacific, Western Central)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	05 Sep 2017	1 files
  Public certification report	01 Sep 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Vessel List	PDF (324.47 Kb)	08 Sep 2017

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	01 Nov 2016	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	31 Oct 2016	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	12 Sep 2016	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	13 Sep 2016	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	02 Jun 2016	5 files
  Peer review confirmation	19 Jul 2016	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	11 Sep 2015	1 files
  Use of the RBF	30 Sep 2015	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	27 Aug 2015	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2022)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1272	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1273	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	08 Jul 2022	1 files
  Surveillance report	03 Oct 2022	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2021)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1272	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1273	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	10 Feb 2021	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 May 2021	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1273	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1272	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	19 Dec 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	19 Mar 2020	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1273	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)
    UoC-1272	Silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)	Miscellaneous Gear: Hand collection	57 (Indian Ocean, Eastern)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	28 Feb 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	04 Jun 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (145.45 Kb)	21 Feb 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (513.79 Kb)	01 Mar 2019

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