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Fisheries: Norwegian North Sea and Skagerrak Herring (Clupea harengus) Fisheries
Status:
The certification body, Moody Marine Limited, has announced the release of the final Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts (PI & SGs) that will be used to evaluate the Norwegian North Sea and Skagerrak Herring Fisheries against MSC Principles and Criteria.
Please refer to the downloads section for further information.
Last updated: 28 March 2008
Location:
1. Norwegian North Sea herring fisheries - North Sea (ICES Division IV)
2. Norwegian Skagerrak herring fisheries - Skagerrak (ICES Dision IIIa)
Fishing Method:
Purse seine (North Sea and Skagerrak) and pelagic trawl (North Sea).
Management:
The overall responsibility for the management of the resources resides with the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries. The detailed work of developing regulations and implementing them after their approval by the Minister is the chief task of the Fisheries Directorate.
The stock is managed according to the EU-Norway Agreement. This agreement is implemented in Norway under National management systems, advised by ICES.
Norwegian quota for 2007 was 97,312 tonnes in the North Sea and 9,251 tonnes in the Skagerrak.
Note: As the stocks are seperate, and there are two gear types used in the North Sea, the assessment will need to consider there fisheries separately, although the assessments will take place simultaneously.
Main Commercial market:
mostly exported to the EU.
Assessment process:
The assessment process is expected to take 8 months. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
Client:
Norges Sildesalgslag
PO Box 7065
5020 Bergen
Norway
Contact: Knut Torgnes
Tel: +47 55 54 95 00
Mobile: +47 91 56 19 30
Email: kt@sildelaget.no
Certification body:
Moody Marine Ltd
Merlin House
Stanier Way
Wyvern Business Park
Derby DE21 6BF
UK
Project Coordinator:
Mr. Sandhya Chaudhury
Moody International certification AS
Thorøyaveien 11
3209 Sandefjord
Norway
Tel: +47 404 00 404
Email: s.chaudhury@moodyint.com
Lead Assessor:
Dr Andrew Hough
Moody International UK
Tel: +44 1633 401 092
E-mail: a.hough@moodyint.com |
Downloads:
Announcement: Final Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts - posted 28 March 2008
Stakeholder Notification: Site Visit - posted 29 February 2008
Revised Assessment Timeline - posted 29 February 2008
Announcement: release of draft Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts - posted 20 December 2007
Draft Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts - posted 20 December 2007
Announcement: Assessment Team confirmed - posted 18 December 2007
Announcement: Assessment Team nominees - posted 14 November 2007
Announcement: Fishery entering full assessment - posted 16 October 2007
Assessment timeline - posted 16 October 2007 | 
