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Fishery: Vietnamese Ben Tre Clam (Meretric lyrata) Hand gathered Fishery
Status:
The certification body, Moody Marine Ltd, has announced the release of the draft Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts (PI&SGs) that will be used to evaluate the Ben Tre Clam fishery against the MSC Principles and Criteria.
Interested parties are invited to contact Moody Marine by 5 pm GMT, 13 June 2008 if they wish to comment.
This fishery is also undergoing a parallel assessment using the MSC's pilot methodology for the assessment of small-scale and data-deficient fisheries. Please refer to the 'Pilot Assessment' pages of the MSC website for further information about the parallel assessment.
Last updated: 12 May 2008
Location:
Ben Tre Province, Vietnam
Fishing Method:
By hand or metal rakes with a net pocket.
Management:
The Fishery is managed on national and provincial levels. At a national level, the Ministry of Fisheries sets regulations such as limiting the amount of area in which clam management and harvesting is permitted etc. At Provincial level, the Fisheries Department of ben Tre sets by-laws controlling minimum landing size, equipment restrictions etc. Within the Ben Tre province, clams are managed in three coastal districts of Binh Dai, Ba Tri and Thanh Phu.
Main Commercial market:
Local markets, EU, Japan, China & Taiwan
Assessment process:
The assessment process is expected to take 14 months. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
Client:
Ben Tre Peoples Committee Department of Fisheries
87, 30-4 Street
Ward 3
Ben Tre Town
Social Republic of Vietnam
Contact: Tran Thi Thu Nga
Vice-Director, Ben Tre DoFi
Email: aquabentre@hcm.vnn.vn
Tel: 84 75 823 453
Also co-sponsored by WWF:
Keith Symington
WWF Greater Mekong
Email: keith.symington@wwfgreatermekong.org
Certification body:
Moody Marine Ltd
Moody International Certification
Salisbury House
Stephenson's Way
The Wyvern Business Park
Derby DE21 6LY
UK
Tel (Direct): +44 (0) 1633 401092
(Office): +44 (0) 8707 529002
Fax: + 44 (1332) 675 152
Contact: Dr Andrew Hough
E-mail: ahough@moodymarine.com
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Downloads:
Notification - release of draft PI&SGs for comment - posted 12 May 2008
draft PI&SGs for comment - posted 12 May 2008
Announcement: Confirmation of Assessment Team members - posted 14 August 2007
Announcement: Fishery entering full assessment - posted 09 July 2007
Announcement (Vietnamese): Fishery entering full assessment - posted 09 July 2007
Announcement: Assessment team nominees - comments due by 20 July 2007
Assessment timeline - posted 09 July 2007
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