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Fishery: South Georgia Icefish Pelagic Trawl Fishery (Champsocephalus gunnari)
Status:
The certification body, Moody Marine, has announced the release of the draft Performance Indicators and Scoring Guideposts (PI&SGs) that will be used to evaluate the South Georgia Icefish Pelagic Trawl Fishery against the MSC Principles and Criteria.
Interested parties are invited to contact Dr Andrew Hough by 5pm GMT, 12th April 2008 if they wish to comment.
Moody Marine has also announced the membership of the assessment team.
Please refer to the the downloads section for further details.
Last updated: 07 February 2008
Location:
South Georgia Maritime Zone, within CCAMLR Subarea 48.3
Fishing Method:
Pelagic Trawl
Management:
The fishery is managed by GSGSSI, within the overall management framework of CCAMLR. GSGSSI is supported in its management activities by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and through scientific support organisations MRAG and British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Fishery and environmental objectives are established for South Georgia and CCAMLR fisheries and these are applied to this fishery. Stock and ecosystem objectives are implemented through a number of Conservation Measures, notably:
• Controls on gear used
• Closure of the 12 nm zone around SG
• TAC’s
• Move-on rules related to undersized fish
• By-catch controls and move-on rule
• Seabird mitigation and by-catch limits
• Carrying of observers
• Data reporting
• Participation in research cruises.
Main Commercial market:
Catches are all exported. Significant markets are currently in SE Asia and eastern Europe.
Assessment process:
The assessment process is expected to take 12 months. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
Client:
Seaview Logistics Ltd
37 Fitzroy Road
Stanley
Falkland Islands
Contact: Dick Sawle
seaview.falklands@btinternet.com
In the course of the assessment it is possible that further clients may join the client group.
Certification body:
Dr Andrew Hough
Moody Marine Ltd
Merlin House
Stanier Way
Wyvern Business Park
Derby DE21 6BF
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1332 544663
Fax: +44 (0) 1332 675020
E: a.hough@moodyint.com
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