South Brittany sardine purse seine
Last updated: 18th February 2010
Number of fisheries: 1
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Species
Sardine (Sardina pilchardus)
MSC assessment status
The certification body, Bureau Veritas, has announced that the Public Comment Draft Report for the South Brittany sardine purse seine fishery is now available for comment for a period of 30 days with additional days factored in due to public holidays. Any stakeholder wishing to comment on the report is invited to contact Xavière Lagadec no later than 5pm GMT, 6th January 2010.
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 information.
Fishery location
Bay of Biscay: 0-12 nautical miles, in ICES zone VIIa and VIIe, south of 48°30' (northern limit) and north of the Bretagne and Pays de Loire border (southern limit).
Fishing method
Purse seine (Bolinche).
Fishery management
The Bolinche (purse-seine) fishery activities are managed by Brittany’s Regional Fisheries and Fish Farming (Comité Régional des Pêches et des Elevages Marins de Bretagne).
Commercial market
The sardines landed are marketed in increasing order of importance as follows:
- As fresh round fish to wholesalers, supermarkets and fishmongers,
- To be frozen and,
- To canneries.
Frozen sardines together with some canned product are for the export market.
Assessment timeline
The assessment process is expected to take between 9 and 12 months and is scheduled for completion around October 2009. Please see the download section for a detailed assessment timeline.
The proposed target eligibility date is the 1st July 2009.
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).
