According to the final report it is said that Moody Marine and their assessment team has determined that the fishery should be certified to the MSC Standard. This determination was reached following the MSC process which requires an assessment by an independent team of fishery experts, a peer review of the draft report and stakeholder input and review.
It is informed that the input from a wide range of stakeholders was used in the assessment as well as information from a total of 65 published and unpublished reports. In the preliminary determination to certify, the certifier has identified areas where performance of the fishery should be improved.
Six draft conditions are included in the Final Report which, if certified, the fishery would be required to fulfil such as implementing research plans to improve knowledge of biology and ecology of the toothfish, improving stock assessment through a wider tagging programme and research aimed to establish if there are any vulnerable seafloor areas and to improve knowledge of by-catch distribution.
