The best environmental choice in seafood

1. Disclaimer If any interpretive issues arise in relation to the issues covered in these presentations, the text of the MSC Scheme Documents will prevail in all instances. The MSC is not responsible for any issues arising to any parties as a result of consulting these presentations. If you are unsure of any details on any of the subjects covered, please consult the relevant MSC scheme documents or contact the MSC at standards@msc.org. MSC Executive October 2010 The best environmental choice in seafood

2. Fisheries Certification timelines ISPs 12 month assessment goal Daniel SuddabySenior Fisheries Certification Manager

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4. What's the problem?

6. What is the direction? TAB TAB 13: requested recommendations on how to deal with delays BOT: Re-endorsed the ISP target to reduce the timelines to 12 months {add final process}

8. TAB 28 Intention • stakeholders are kept up-to-date • CB are prepared before announcing • limit the duration of the assessment between data gathering and drafting the Public Comment Draft Report

9. TAB D-28 : Announcing a fishery Phase one of the assessment

10. TAB D-28 : :Timelines for assessment Document published or variation with timescales submitted

11. What we were planning to do 10 minutes

12. These Directives will not: • Streamline the assessment process • favor integrity over expediency • Reduce the costs of assessment • directly add timeliness as a scheme requirement Do’s and Don’ts

13. Do’s and Don’ts: These Directives will • Increase transparency of the assessment process • Increase transparency of Certification Body performance of assessments • Bring market pressure to bare

14. Recommendation • Approve TAB D XA • Approve in principle the content of TAB DXB • Allow targeted consultation on specific timeframes (defined in table 1) with the intention of an out of meeting to approval of the directive in three months time.