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| Term | Definition | Document | Last updated |
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| AAPG | Accreditation Audit Practice Group, a joint project of ISO and IAF. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| AB | See: Accreditation body. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| ABC | See: Allowable Biological Catch. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Accreditation | Third-party attestation related to a conformity assessment body (CAB) conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Accreditation body | An organisation that assesses whether or not CABs are competent to carry out conformity assessments against specified standards. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Accreditation Services International GmbH | See: ASI. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Accuracy | The closeness of information to the truth and can be described in terms of trueness and precision. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Achieving its Objective | The measure or strategy is having the consequences that were expected when the measure or strategy was implemented. It is not necessary to have evidence that a long term goal or objective is being or has been achieved. It is necessary to have evidence that the measure or strategy is producing some results with regard to performance of the fishery, and the results are consistent with movement along an identified pathway towards a specific long term goal or objective. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Actual Eligibility Date | The date from which product harvested from a certified fishery may be eligible to be identified as MSC, and may be permitted to bear the MSC Ecolabel, subject to Under-MSC-Assessment Fish requirements. This date is confirmed when the Public Certification Report is issued for the fishery. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Affiliate | Any direct or indirect holding company or subsidiary company of the relevant entity. A company is a “Subsidiary” of another company, if the latter company: (a) holds a majority of the voting rights in it; or (b) is a member of it and has the right to appoint or remove a majority of its board of directors; or (c) is a member of it and controls alone, pursuant to an agreement with other shareholders or members, a majority of the voting rights in it. “Company” includes any corporate or any legal entity capable under law of making a contract. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Agreed Transfer Date | Date on which all rights and obligations for maintaining the certificate shall be passed from the current CAB to the succeeding CAB. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Allowable Biological Catch | A term used by a management agency which refers to the range of allowable catch for a species or species group. It is set each year by a scientific group created by the management agency. The agency then takes the ABC estimate and sets the annual total allowable catch (TAC). | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Announcement Comment Draft Report | In FCP v2.1 onwards, this is the draft assessment report prepared by the assessment team and published when a fishery announces for stakeholder input. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Appeal | Request by a client for reconsideration of any adverse decision made by the CAB related to the client's desired certification status where a response is expected. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Applicant CAB | A CAB applying for MSC accreditation. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Approval (decision) | Confirmation that the CAB complies with the ASI approval requirements and MSC Requirements and can provide certification services within their scope of approval, provided that the CAB also holds a valid Accreditation from a Participating AB as per the ASI Two-Tier Assurance Program. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Aquaculture | The farming of aquatic organisms: fish, molluscs, crustaceans, aquatic plants, crocodiles, alligators, turtles, and amphibians. Farming implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated. For statistical purposes, aquatic organisms which are harvested by an individual or corporate body which has owned them throughout their rearing period contribute to aquaculture. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Aquaculture operation | A (commercially managed) operation aimed at farming of aquatic organisms. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Aquaculture Stewardship Council | A certification and labelling programme for responsibly farmed aquatic organisms, which shares the MSC Chain of Custody Standard and Certification Requirements. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| ASC | See: Aquaculture Stewardship Council. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj |
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