SGS Product & Process Certification - Marine Stewardship Council

irreversible harm to ecosystem structure and function, it is concluded that this partial strategy is likely to work (2-80) and that there is some
evidence that the measures comprising the partial strategy are being implemented successfully (3-80).
Recommendation: It is recommended by the assessment team that the client‘s (draft) management plan includes a requirement that litter is
taken to shore and disposed of in a responsible way, and that a replacement is found for the use of lead in lures.
Score:
80
Audit trace references
Scoring criteria Scoring guidepost 60 Scoring guidepost 80 Scoring guidepost 100
2.5.3 Information /
monitoring:
There is adequate
knowledge of the
impacts
of the fishery on the
ecosystem.
(1-60) Information is adequate to
identify the key elements of the
ecosystem (e.g. trophic structure
and function, community
composition, productivity pattern
and biodiversity).
(2-60) Main impacts of the
fishery on these key ecosystem
elements can be inferred from
existing information, but have
not been investigated in detail.
(1-80) Information is adequate to
broadly understand the functions
of the key elements of the
ecosystem.
(2-80) Main impacts of the
fishery on these key ecosystem
elements can be inferred from
existing information, but may not
have been investigated in detail.
(3-80) The main functions of the
Components (i.e. target, By
catch, Retained and ETP
species and Habitats) in the
ecosystem are known.
(1-100) Information is adequate
to broadly understand the key
elements of the ecosystem.
(2-100) Main interactions
between the fishery and these
ecosystem elements can be
inferred from existing
information, and have been
investigated.
(3-100) The impacts of the
fishery on target, By catch,
Retained and ETP species and
Habitats are identified and the
main functions of these
components in the ecosystem
are understood.
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