SGS Product & Process Certification - Marine Stewardship Council

The commentary in this table summarises the performance of the fishery in relation to
these Scoring Indicators.
From the final results of the scoring, the Certification Recommendation of the assessment
team is presented, together with any conditions that may be attached to certification.
In draft form, this report has been subjected to critical review by independent scientists with
relevant experience (‗peer review‘). The comments of these scientists are appended to this
report, together with the assessment team‘s responses, indicating where amendments are
made to the report on the basis of peer reviewers‘ comments. Following the peer review,
the report is then released for public scrutiny on the MSC website. (www.msc.org)
The report, containing the recommendation of the assessment team, any further
stakeholder comments and peer review comments, is then considered by the SGS
Governing Board (which is independent of the assessment team). The SGS Governing
Board makes the final certification determination on behalf of SGS.
It should be noted that, in response to comments by peer reviewers, stakeholders and the
SGS Governing Board, some points of clarification may have been added to the final
report.
Finally, the complete report containing the SGS determination and all amendments is
released for further stakeholder scrutiny.
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