Assessment downloads
Surveillance audits: First certification period 2011 to 2016
Surveillance 1: Completed December 2012
Surveillance report No.1 - 20 December 2012
Stakeholder Notification: Surveillance visit scheduled - 9 October 2012
Initial assessment: Certified December 2011
Certificates: Compliance with the MSC Principles and Criteria for Sustainable fishing
Variation Response: Change to surveillance audit destination - 18 September 2012
Variation Request: Change to surveillance audit destination - 18 September 2012
Certificate of compliance MML-F-112 - Valid from 21 December 2011 to 20 December 2016
Stage 7: Independent objections process/public certification report and certificate issue
Public Certification Report - 21 December 2011
Stakeholder Notification: Public Certification Report - 21 December 2011
Independent Adjudicator
Final decision of the Independent Adjudicator - 14 December 2011
Updated Client Action Plan (CAP) - 8 December 2011
ISSF response to Certifier response to Independent Adjudicators decision - 8 December 2011
Fishery clients response to Certifier response to Independent Adjudicators decision - 8 December 2011
Certifier response to Independent Adjudicators decision - 30 November 2011
Decision of the Independent Adjudicator - 22 November 2011
Independent Adjudicators admissibility ruling - 4 November 2011
Independent Adjudicators further directions - 25 October 2011
Independent Adjudicators further directions for date and location of hearing - 13 October 2011
Independent Adjudicators further directions - 6 October 2011
Independent Adjudicators directions - 29 September 2011
Independent Adjudicators directions for oral hearing - 20 September 2011
Directions from the Independent Adjudicator - 12 September 2011
Certification Body's response to Objections
Certification Body response to ISSF (part 1) - 3 September 2011
Certification Body response to OPAGAC (part 2) - 3 September 2011
Certification Body response to EUROTHON (part 3) - 3 September 2011
Stakeholder submissions
Stakeholder submission from the FFA - 1 September 2011
Stakeholder submission from the Pacific Community’s Oceanic Fisheries Programme - 1 September 2011
Stakeholder submission from the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (subject fishery) - 1 September 2011
Stakeholder submission from the WCPFC - 1 September 2011
Notice of objection
Independent Adjudicators acceptance of Notice of Objection and Directions - 8th August 2011
Notice of Objection from EUROTHON - 8th August 2011
Notice of Objection from ISSF - 8th August 2011
Notice of Objection from OPAGAC - 8th August 2011
Stage 6: Final report and determination
Final report and determination - 12th July 2011
Stakeholder Notification: Announcement of final report and determination - 12th July 2011
Stage 5: Public review of the draft assessment report
Public comment draft report - 26th April 2011
Stakeholder notification: Public comment draft report - 26th April 2011
Stage 4: Client and peer review
Revised assessment timeline - 6th April 2011
Revised assessment timeline - 20th January 2011
Stakeholder notification: Revised assessment timeline - 20th January 2011
Stakeholder notification: Proposal for amendment to Peer Reviewers - 25th November 2010
Confirmation of timescale for peer review - 21st October 2010
Confirmation of peer reviewers - 17th September 2010
Stakeholder notification: Peer reviewers proposed - 30th July 2010
Stage 3: Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring
Stakeholder Notification:Clarification of full assessment announcement - 22nd July 2010
Stakeholder Notification: Site visit scheduled - 8 June 2010
Stage 2: Building the Assessment Tree
Stakeholder Notification: Announcement of default assessment tree - 2 June 2010
Stage 1: Fishery Announcement and Assessment Team Formation
Assessment team confirmation - 1st June 2010
Stakeholder Notification: Revised assessment team nominated - 18th May 2010
- Curriculum Vitae: Antony Lewis
- Curriculum Vitae: Les Clark
- Curriculum Vitae: Richard Banks
- Curriculum Vitae: Tim Huntingdom
Confirmation of client certificate sharing - 14th May 2010
Stakeholder Notification: Assessment team nominated - 27th April 2010
Stakeholder Notification: Fishery enters full assessment - 27th April 2010
Assessment Timeline - 27th April 2010

