SGS Product & Process Certification - Marine Stewardship Council

APPENDIX B: PEER REVIEW REPORTS
Peer reviewer 1
Overall Opinion
Has the assessment team arrived at an
appropriate conclusion based on the evidence
presented in the assessment report?
Justification:
Not a lot of information is available on sea bass in the
North Sea, but, all information that is available has been
used in the assessment.
Do you think the condition(s) raised are
appropriately written to achieve the SG80
outcome within the specified timeframe?
Justification:
The conditions are described quite precise. It should be
clear what needs to be done and when this should be
achieved.
Yes Certification Body Response
This reviewer is chair of ICES WGNEW
and, therefore, understands what is
known about sea bass.
Yes Certification Body Response
No comment
Do you think the client action plan is sufficient
to close the conditions raised?
Yes Certification Body Response
Justification:
Point noted, and the client will be asked
Yes but: The action described for Condition 1 (1.2.2) “to to amended its action plan to
set out a MSY for North Sea bass” goes much further than correspond to the amended conditions
the Condition mentioned in the Scoring comments: “to (following comments from the other peer
determine what part can be played in the development of
an appropriate harvest control rule”. The action as
phrased in the Action Plan it might be difficult to achieve.
reviewer).
If included: