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| Term | Definition | Document | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principle | A fundamental element in the MSC Fisheries Standard used as the basis for defining a well-managed and sustainable fishery. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Probability | Probability interpretations of terms such as “highly likely” are provided for general guidance and for when quantitative measures are available, not to imply that a quantitative measure is required. Probability interpretations are intentionally defined differently in the default tree for Principle 1 and components of Principle 2. They reflect differences in understanding about these components, legal requirements or past MSC practice. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Processes and Production Methods Standard | A standard that sets out criteria for the processes and/or production methods by which a product or service is produced, in pursuit of specific social and/or environmental objectives. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Product authentication testing | The use of DNA analysis or other product authentication tools which, for example, identify seafood by species, catch area, or farm of origin. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Productivity Susceptibility Analysis | Used as the ‘Level 2’ analysis in the RBF. This semi-quantitative approach examines several attributes of each species that contribute to or reflect its productivity or susceptibility, to provide a relative measure of the risk to the scoring element from fishing activities. The PSA is required when using the RBF to score target species in P1 and may also be triggered for retained species or bycatch species in P2. Each species (scoring element) identified within a given PI is assigned its own PSA score. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| PSA | See: Productivity Susceptibility Analysis. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Public Certification Report | The report of the fishery assessment accepted by the MSC for publication on the MSC website; includes the Final Draft Report (FCP v2.1 onwards) or Final Report (FCR v2.0), and any written decisions by the CAB including any resulting from the MSC Disputes Process. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Public Comment Draft Report | The draft report of the assessment of the fishery prepared by the team and the CAB released for public comment. Follows Client and Peer Review Draft Report (follows Peer Review Draft Report in FCR v2.0 assessments). Precedes Final Draft Report (precedes Final Report in FCR v2.0 assessments). | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Qualitative data | Qualitative data are data describing the attributes or properties that an object possesses. The properties are categorized into classes that may be assigned numeric values. However, there is no significance to the data values themselves, they simply represent attributes of the object concerned. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Quantitative data | Quantitative data are data expressing a certain quantity, amount or range. Usually, there are measurement units associated with the data, e.g. metres, in the case of the height of a person. It makes sense to set boundary limits to such data, and it is also meaningful to apply arithmetic operations to the data. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| RBF | See: Risk Based Framework. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Reassessment | Assessment of a fishery. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Re-certification audit | For CoC clients: refers to an audit of an already certified organisation before issuing the CoC certificate for a new certification period. See: Initial audit. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Reduced surveillance | For fisheries: Surveillance level that requires on-site surveillance audits on the second and fourth anniversaries of certification. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Reduction of scope of accreditation/approval | Process of suspending or withdrawing accreditation/approval for part of the scope of accreditation/approval. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Reference Points | Biological reference points; Stock Status Reference Points used to define management action in response to stock status. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Registered stakeholder | Within a fishery assessment, a registered stakeholder is a stakeholder that has participated in the site visit, either in person or remotely, and/or has provided input on the Announcement Comment Draft Report | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Reinstatement | Re-activation or lifting by written approval of the suspended part(s) of the scope of certification or accreditation/approval following successful implementation of corrective action. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Remote audit | For CoC clients: an initial, surveillance or re-certification audit that is performed without the auditor being on-site. This option is only open to organisations that meet specific criteria. | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj | |
| Remote surveillance | For fisheries, surveillance level that requires annual audits alternating on-site and off-site audits (‘non-consecutive off-site audits’). | CoC; CoCCR; FCP; FS; GCR; Obj |
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