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SGS Product & Process Certification - Marine Stewardship Council

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Scoring criteria Scoring guidepost 60 Scoring guidepost 80 Scoring guidepost 100<br />

3.2 Fishery- specific management system<br />

3.2.1 Fishery- specific<br />

objectives:<br />

The fishery has clear,<br />

specific objectives<br />

designed to achieve<br />

the outcomes<br />

expressed by MSC‘s<br />

Principles 1 and 2.<br />

(1-60) Objectives, which are<br />

broadly consistent with<br />

achieving the outcomes<br />

expressed by MSC‘s Principles<br />

1 and 2, are implicit within the<br />

fishery‘s management system.<br />

(1-80) Short and long term<br />

objectives, which are<br />

consistent with achieving the<br />

outcomes expressed by MSC‘s<br />

Principles 1 and 2, are explicit<br />

within the fishery‘s<br />

management<br />

system.<br />

(1-100) Well defined and<br />

measurable short and long<br />

term objectives, which are<br />

demonstrably consistent with<br />

achieving the outcomes<br />

expressed by MSC‘s Principles<br />

1 and 2, are explicit within the<br />

fishery‘s management<br />

system.<br />

Scoring comments<br />

Management objectives for the Dutch fishing industry are formulated at national level by the Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and Food<br />

Quality. Each year, the Director of Fisheries sends a letter with objectives and strategies to all stakeholders involved. The objective for the<br />

North Sea fish stocks is clearly defined as the sustainable harvest and the reduction of impacts on the ecosystem. These apply to fisheries<br />

targeting sea bass as to any other fishery, but are not explicit in this sense.<br />

As sea bass are not a quota species, and there are no biological reference points, no specific objectives relating to stock management have<br />

been formulated. However, the total fishing effort is controlled by regulations limiting the access to the fishery (vessels need to be registered<br />

and have HP and GRT allocations) and by control regulations. Objectives that are broadly consistent with achieving the outcomes<br />

expressed by MSC‘s Principles 1 and 2 are, therefore, implicit within the fishery‘s management system (1-60,1-80 partly met).<br />

CONDITION: The establishment of a more formal decision-making process for the UoC, including research evaluation, consultation and<br />

evaluation against management objectives, has been formulated as a condition.<br />

Score:<br />

70<br />

Audit trace references<br />

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