Norway North East Atlantic blue whiting

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.

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• Recently uploaded documents

  Documents	Published On	Files
  Other document: Client Action Plan	24 Feb 2021	1 files
  Expedited audit report	30 Nov 2020	1 files
  Notice of Intent to suspend	30 Nov 2020	1 files
  Announcement expedited audit	11 Sep 2020	1 files
  Variation Response	04 Sep 2020	1 files
  Variation Request	28 Aug 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	01 Jul 2020	1 files

• General Fishery Documents

  Document Title	File Type	Published On
  Variation Response	PDF (127.19 Kb)	04 Sep 2020
  Variation Request	PDF (226.50 Kb)	28 Aug 2020
  Certificate Holder Forced and Child Labour Policies, Practices and Measures Template	PDF (190.72 Kb)	28 Aug 2019

• Initial assessment (started 2019)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2228	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2230	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Bottom trawls: Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2229	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Midwater trawls - pair trawls: Pelagic/midwater pair trawl	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Public Certification Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public certification report announcement	01 Jul 2020	1 files
  Public certification report	01 Jul 2020	1 files

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  Final Draft Report and determination

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Final draft report and determination announcement	30 Jan 2020	1 files
  Final draft report and determination	30 Jan 2020	1 files

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  Public Comment Draft Report

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Public comment draft report announcement	19 Dec 2019	1 files
  Public comment draft report	19 Dec 2019	1 files

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  Peer review

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Proposed peer reviewers	08 Oct 2019	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Other document: IPI template	PDF (195.66 Kb)	11 Nov 2019

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  Announcement Comment Draft Report and stakeholder input

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement Comment Draft Report	20 Aug 2019	1 files

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  Timeline

  Documents	Published on	Files

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  Fishery announcement

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Fishery announcement template	20 Aug 2019	1 files
  Use of the RBF	20 Aug 2019	1 files

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  Timeline Documents

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Timeline	20 Aug 2019	1 files

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• Expedited Audit (started 2020)

  • Units of Certification

    MSC UoC Number	Species	Gear type	Ocean Area
    UoC-2228	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Surrounding Nets - With purse lines (purse seines): Purse seine	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2230	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Bottom trawls: Bottom trawls	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
    UoC-2229	Blue whiting(=Poutassou) (Micromesistius poutassou)	Trawls - Midwater trawls - pair trawls: Pelagic/midwater pair trawl	27 (Atlantic, Northeast)

  Expedited audit

  Documents	Published on	Files
  Announcement expedited audit	11 Sep 2020	1 files
  Expedited audit report	30 Nov 2020	1 files

  Other Documents	File type	Published on
  Notice of Intent to suspend	PDF (269.29 Kb)	30 Nov 2020
  Other document: Client Action Plan	PDF (266.19 Kb)	24 Feb 2021

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