Comapêche and Euronor cod and haddock
Last Updated: 31 January 2012
Number of fisheries: 2
Species
Cod (Gadus morhua) & haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
MSC assessment status
The conformity assessment body, MacAllister Elliot & Partners Ltd., has announced a revised deadline for comments on the Public Comment Draft Report for the Comapeche and Euronor cod and haddock fishery, initially posted on 24 January 2012. As the report was published 9 months after the first on-site assessment visit MacAllister Elliot & Partners Ltd., will review any new information available. Any stakeholder wishing to comment on the report is invited to contact Chrissie Sieben or Jo Gascoigne no later than 5PM, GMT 1 March 2012.
Stakeholders are advised that they are to provide objective evidence in support of any additional claims or any claimed errors of fact in their response to the Public Comment Draft Report. Any comments made by stakeholders shall be documented and forwarded by the certification body to its certification decision-making entity.
Please refer to the assessment downloads section for further details.
Fishery location
North East Arctic – ICES Sub Areas I and II
Fishing method
Demersal otter trawl
Fishery management
The fishery is managed under the Common Fisheries Policy. ICES is the scientific authority. Decisions are taken by EU Fisheries Council and the Norwegian government.
Commercial market
France and western Europe
Assessment timeline
The assessment process is expected to take 12 months and is scheduled for completion around August 2011. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
The target eligibility date for this fishery is the 1st January 2012.
The MSC ecolabel can only be applied to product from certified fisheries. The MSC program does allow, in certain circumstances and within strict traceability requirements, the MSC ecolabel to be applied following certification to product caught before the actual date of certification. The target eligibility date therefore represents the date from which products may become eligible to carry the MSC ecolabel, however they cannot be sold until and if the fishery is certified. The actual eligibility date will be determined if the fishery is certified to the MSC standard.
To find out more about when fish from this fishery may be sold with the MSC ecolabel, please follow this link (http://www.msc.org/get-certified/supply-chain/eligibility-dates).
Tonnage of the fishery
Comapêche
In 2008 North east Arctic cod was 2143 tonnes and North East Arctic haddock 259 tonnes
In 2009:North east Arctic cod was 2584 tonnes and North East Arctic haddock 451 tonnes
Euronor
In 2008 North east Arctic cod was 938 tonnes and North East Arctic haddock 122 tonnes.
In 2009 North east Arctic cod was 459 and North East Arctic haddock 56 tonnes
