SGS Product & Process Certification - Marine Stewardship Council

management system responded to findings and relevant
recommendations emerging from research, monitoring, evaluation
and review activity.
Scoring 70
Rationale Management systems for Dutch North Sea fisheries are well
established and generally effective. The decision-making
processes are well developed and fishery representatives are
regularly consulted by the relevant authorities. However, the rod
and line fishery for bass is a relatively small sector and most rod
and line fishermen are not represented by the National
Fishermen‘s organisations.
Condition Condition 3: The client should encourage the relevant
management authorities to include this fishery in the formal
decision-making processes.
Client Action
Plan
Condition 4
Fishery specific
management
system
Timescale: By first surveillance visit: written evidence is required
of actions by the client to encourage the relevant management
authorities to develop a formal decision making process for the sea
bass fishery, and of their response.
By the third surveillance visit, evidence is required that the sea
bass fishery is included in the decision-making process.
Encourage authorities to include this fishery within national
decision-making processes.
3.2.5 Information and monitoring
P3 There is a system for monitoring and evaluating the performance of
the fishery-specific management system against its objectives.
There is effective and timely review of the fishery-specific
management system.
SG 60 The fishery has in place mechanisms to evaluate some parts of the
management system and is subject to occasional internal review.
SG 80 The fishery has in place mechanisms to evaluate key parts of the
management system and is subject to regular internal and
occasional external review.
SG 100 The fishery has in place mechanisms to evaluate all parts of the
management system and is subject to regular internal and external
review.
Scoring 75
Rationale Because fishery-specific management objectives are not explicitly
formulated for the rod and line sea bass fishery, there is no
provision for evaluation of the fishery‘s performance against these
objectives.
Condition Condition 4.
Once fishery-specific objectives are identified and set (Condition
2), the client should liaise with the relevant management
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