Companhia de Pescarias do Algarve rope grown Mediterranean mussel

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
  Fishery Suspended	04 Aug 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	05 Mar 2016	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Jan 2016	1 files
  Public certification announcement	13 Nov 2014	1 files
  Public certification report	13 Nov 2014	1 files
  Final report and determination	16 Oct 2014	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	16 Oct 2014	1 files

• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1061	Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)	Miscellaneous Gear	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification announcement	13 Nov 2014	1 files
  Public certification report	13 Nov 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Fishery Suspended	PDF (86.73 Kb)	04 Aug 2016

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination announcement	16 Oct 2014	1 files
  Final report and determination	16 Oct 2014	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	14 Aug 2014	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	14 Aug 2014	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	17 Apr 2014	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	25 Mar 2014	2 files

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	03 Mar 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Background notification report	17 Feb 2014	1 files
  Proposed assessment team	20 Feb 2014	2 files
  Stakeholder announcement	20 Feb 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	03 Mar 2014	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	20 Feb 2014	1 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1061	Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)	Miscellaneous Gear	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	14 Jan 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	05 Mar 2016	1 files

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