Gulf of St Lawrence fall herring gillnet fishery

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
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Announcement re self-withdrawal of the fishery	14 Jun 2019	1 files
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder reminder of Notice of Suspension	07 May 2019	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	09 Apr 2019	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Apr 2019	1 files
  Variation Response	01 Apr 2019	1 files
  Variation Request	19 Mar 2019	1 files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Oct 2018	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder Announcement re self-withdrawal of the fishery	PDF (453.00 Kb)	14 Jun 2019
  Stakeholder Announcement: Stakeholder reminder of Notice of Suspension	PDF (465.89 Kb)	07 May 2019

• Initial Assessment (started 2014)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Public certification report and certificate issue

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report	05 Nov 2015	1 files
  Public certification announcement	05 Nov 2015	1 files

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  Final assessment report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final report and determination	01 Oct 2015	1 files
  Final report and determination announcement	01 Oct 2015	1 files

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  Public review of the draft assessment report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report	09 Jul 2015	1 files
  Public comment draft report announcement	09 Jul 2015	1 files

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  Client and peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	07 May 2015	1 files
  Peer review confirmation	18 May 2015	1 files

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  Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Site visit announcement	30 Sep 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (329.89 Kb)	26 Mar 2015
  Variation Response	PDF (260.74 Kb)	02 Apr 2015

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  Defining the assessment tree

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Assessment tree announcement	25 Sep 2014	1 files

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  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Stakeholder announcement	26 Aug 2014	1 files
  Proposed assessment team	26 Aug 2014	1 files
  Confirmation of assessment team	16 Sep 2014	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Stakeholder Announcement: Extension to Consultation Period	PDF (282.98 Kb)	01 Sep 2014

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement, stakeholder identification and assessment team formation	19 Jun 2015	2 files

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2018)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	02 Oct 2018	1 files
  Surveillance report	09 Apr 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Response	PDF (123.13 Kb)	15 Mar 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (501.14 Kb)	19 Mar 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (121.21 Kb)	01 Apr 2019
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (442.56 Kb)	09 Apr 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (532.80 Kb)	09 Jan 2019
  Variation Response	PDF (124.18 Kb)	18 Jan 2019
  Variation Request	PDF (468.36 Kb)	13 Mar 2019

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2017)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	11 Sep 2017	1 files
  Surveillance report	11 Dec 2017	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Variation Request	PDF (497.62 Kb)	09 Oct 2017
  Other document	PDF (468.19 Kb)	09 Oct 2017
  Variation Response	PDF (238.70 Kb)	09 Oct 2017

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• Surveillance Audit (started 2016)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-1145	Herring (Clupea harengus)	Gillnets And Entangling Nets - Gillnets	21 (Atlantic, Northwest)

  Ongoing surveillance

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Surveillance audit announcement	06 Sep 2016	1 files
  Surveillance report	16 Dec 2016	1 files

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