Costs

Note: all costs are subject to an annual increase of 3% due to inflation

Only the fisheries assessment prices for wholefish assessments are shared between companies within a country.

Item	Pound Sterling (£)	Assessment Activity
Administration
Annual charge/company	3,000
Annual charge/factory	500
Annual Subcontractor charge - per unit (if applicable)	100
Scope extension or update fee	50
Whole Fish Fisheries Assessment (Initial V2.0)
Baseline	8,200	M1, M2, F1, F2, F3 Species characterisation
Category A Species	1,500	A1, A2, A3, A4
Category B Species	1,500	Disqualification from CAT A the Risk Assessment
Category C Species	500	C1
Category D Species	500	Disqualified from CAT C the Risk Assessment
Whole Fish Fisheries Assessment - (Surveillance)
Baseline	2,000	M1, M2, F1, F2, F3 update on management system, any changes in regulations
Category A Species	600	Refresh key areas - current stock status, B/Bmsy;F/Fmsy
Category B Species	600	Short review to confirm B category accuracy
Category C Species	300	Short review to confirm - current stock status & that species is not overfished. Where overfishing occurs; risk that approved fishery is impacting
Category D Species	300	Short review to confirm D category accuracy & productivity & that attributes remains same for susceptibility
Fisheries By-product Assessment - Full assessment and Surveillance set price (per company)
Category C Species	500
Category D Species	500
Fisheries By-product from Aquaculture (per company)
Full assessment and Surveillance set price	250
On Site Audit
Paid to local auditor every year	Varies

MSC Verification

Item	Pound Sterling (£)
MSC Verification Fishery / Unit of Certification	750
MSC Verification fee per plant	250

Item	Pound Sterling (£)
Fee per plant	250