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Cooperative Fishery Organisation (CVO) North Sea plaice and sole

Last Updated: 16th June 2011
Number of fisheries: 2

Species

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)  and Dover Sole (Solea solea).

MSC assessment status

The certification body, Moody Marine Ltd., has proposed two peer reviewers for the review of the Draft Cooperative Fishery Organisation (CVO) North Sea plaice and sole fishery Assessment Report.

If you wish to provide feedback on the proposed peer reviewers, please contact Rod Cappell no later than  5pm GMT, 31st June 2011.

The certification body, Moody Marine Ltd., has also made amended to the Units of Certification that are under assessment.

Please refer to the assessment downloads section for further details.

Fishery location

The North Sea in FAO statistical area 27, sub areas ICES IV a,b and c.

Fishing method

Various trawl methods.

Fishery management

EU CFP. Management operated under a long term management plan for North Sea plaice and sole in force from 2008.

Commercial market

Whole and filleted (fresh & frozen), breaded fillets sold worldwide.

Assessment timeline

The assessment process is scheduled for completion around February 2012. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.

The target eligibility date for this fishery is the 1st November 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).

Tonnage of the fishery

The potential quota available to CVO (if all 250 Motor Fishing Vessels eventually join the certificate) was 40,000 tonnes per annum in 2009.

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