Assessment downloads
Surveillance audits: First certification period 2009-2014
Surveillance 2: Completed October 2011
Variation response - Allow ongoing assessment using FAM v.1 - 18 November 2011
Variation request - Allow ongoing assessment using FAM v.1 - 18 November 2011
Surveillance Report No. 2 - 25 October 2011
Surveillance Report No. 2 (Japanese) - 25 October 2011
Stakeholder Notification: Annual surveillance audit - 18th August 2011
Surveillance 1: Completed October 2010
Surveillance Report No. 1 - 28th October 2010
Stakeholder Notification: Annual surveillance audit - 15th September 2010
Certificates: Compliance with the MSC Principles and Criteria for Sustainable fishing
Certificate of compliance MML-F-093 - Valid 2nd November 2009 to 1st November 2014
Stage 7: Objections procedure/public certification report and certificate issue
No objections were received
Public certification report - 3rd November 2009
Public certification report (Japanese) - 3rd November 2009
Stakeholder Notification: Issuance of public certification report - 3rd November 2009
Stage 6: Final report and determination
Final report and determination - 8th October 2009
Final report and determination (Japanese) - 8th October 2009
Stakeholder Notification: Announcement of final report and determination - 8th October 2009
Stage 5: Public review of the draft assessment report
Public comment draft report - 28th July 2009
Stakeholder Notification: Public comment draft report released - 28th July 2009
Stage 4: Client and peer review
Stakeholder Notification: Peer reviewers proposed - 13th March 2009
Stage 3: Information Gathering, Stakeholder Meetings and Scoring
Stakeholder Notification: Site visits scheduled - 19th December 2008
Stage 2: Building the Assessment Tree
Stakeholder Notification: Use of the default assessment tree - 24th November 2008
Stage 1: Fishery Announcement and Assessment Team Formation
Assessment team confirmation - 24th November 2008
Stakeholder Notification: Assessment team nominations - 4th November 2008
Stakeholder Notification - Fishery enters full assessment - 14th October 2008
Assessment timeline - 14th October 2008

