At least one Notice of Objection has been received for the assessment of the Australia Orange Roughy Fishery.
To ensure all points of view are considered fairly and openly, any Notice of Objection will be reviewed by an independent adjudicator – a legal expert in dispute resolution and regulation.
The MSC is not involved in the objections procedure. The adjudicators alone decide whether an objection has a reasonable chance of success.
If an objection is accepted, the adjudicator will encourage any dispute to be resolved through a dialogue (mediation) between the objector(s), the fishery, and the third-party auditor, MRAG Americas. At this point, MRAG Americas must provide a detailed response to the objections, outlining whether it agrees or not and whether it will make changes to the final report. The independent adjudicator then arranges another consultation between the parties.
If no agreement can be reached between the parties, the process moves to a formal hearing.
Here, the independent adjudicator makes a final decision on whether the objection is upheld, dismissed or remanded back to MRAG Americas to make changes to the report.
