Revised timeline - 1 December 2011
Revised timeline - 17th August 2011
Stakeholder Notification: Revised timeline - 18th November 2010
Stakeholder Notification: Revised timeline - 21st May 2010
Stakeholder Notification: Changes in the fishery assessment and revised assessment timeline - 11th December 2009
Stakeholder Notification: Peer Reviewers Proposed - 15th August 2008
Stage 3: Information gathering, stakeholder meetings and scoring
Stakeholder Notification: Site visits scheduled - 14 February 2008
Stage 2: Building the assessment tree
Final assessment tree - 13 March 2008
Draft assessment tree - 21 December 2007
Stakeholder Notification: Draft assessment tree released for comment - 21 December 2007
Stage 1: Fishery announcement and assessment team formation
Stakeholder Notification: Assessment team announced - 21 December 2007
Stakeholder Notification: Assessment team nominated - 10 October 2007
Stakeholder Notification: Fishery enters full assessment - 7 August 2007
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Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus)
The certification body, Moody Marine Ltd., has announced a revised timeline for the Clyde nephrops creel fishery.
Please refer to the assessment downloads section for further information.
Clyde Sea and Sea Lochs, ICES Area VIa, Management Area C, Functional Unit 13
Creel (baited Nephrops creel on lines).
The overall management of the Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus) fishery is determined by the EU Common Fisheries Policy, which sets out technical measures and quotas for the fishery. The CFP is implemented by Member States. The UK’s Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has agreed a Subject Specific Concordat with the Scottish Executive to enforce EC measures within Scottish waters.
The Clyde Nephrops fishery lies entirely within Scottish Internal Waters. It can only be prosecuted by UK fishing vessels, which are susceptible to the provisions of domestic fisheries legislation made by the Scottish Executive using its powers under the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984. This Act enables the Scottish Executive to make Orders to regulate or prohibit fishing activities. Stocks are controlled through a restrictive licencing system. SEERAD Fisheries Departments manage quota through Producer Organisation's (POs), including transfer and quota swap. Additional management measures include minimum net, mesh and landing size.
Markets for whole nephrops are principally in Southern Europe, and there is significant use of tails in Scampi production for the domestic UK market.
The assessment process is scheduled for completion in or around November 2011. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
The proposed target eligibility date is the 1st June 2010.
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).
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c/o WWF Scotland
Little Dunkeld
Perthshire, PH15 2DD
Contact: Helen McLachlan, Senior Marine Policy Officer, WWF Scotland
Tel: +44 (0) 1350 728 200
The Clyde Fisheries Development Project comprises the following organisations:
Intertek Moody Marine
Merlin House, Stanier Way
The Wyvern Business Park
Derby DE21 6BF
England
Contact: Dr Andrew Hough
Direct Tel: +44 (0)1633 401092
Office Tel: +44 (0)8707 529002
Fax: + 44 (1332) 675 152
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