Welcome to FisheryProgress
A fishery improvement project uses the power of the private sector to address challenges in a fishery. As the number of FIPs around the world has grown rapidly, businesses and conservation organizations need an easier way to access consistent, reliable information about FIP progress.
FisheryProgress gives you a range of information about global FIPs from a quick snapshot of progress and opportunities to get involved to detailed evidence for improvements.
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Social Policy Early Adopters
Below are FIPs that participated in our now retired Early Adopters Program. These FIPs implemented HRSR Policy requirements before they came into effect as an opportunity to gather feedback on the Human Rights and Social Responsibility Policy, and in exchange received coaching and peer-to-peer learning sessions. Find more information on the FIP’s Social Performance tab:
- Sri Lanka blue swimming crab - bottom gillnet
- Canada Northern cod (2J3KL) - handline/gillnet/longline
- Mexico Yucatan octopus - drift rod and line
- Mexico Guaymas finfish - handline
- Western and Central Pacific Ocean skipjack & yellowfin tuna - purse seine (CFC)
- COMPETED Atlantic Ocean tropical tuna - purse seine (OPAGAC)
- Indonesia Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna - pole & line
- Mexico Gulf of California grouper, snapper, triggerfish & yellowtail - hook & line
- Mexico Marismas Nacionales white snook - hook & line/gillnet
New FIPs on FisheryProgress
These are new FIP profiles that were published in September, October, and November 2023:
- Eastern Atlantic tuna - purse seine (French fleet)
- Indonesia East Kalimantan blue swimming crab - bottom gillnet & pot/trap
- Mexico Yucatan red octopus - handline (Maratvia Seafoods)
- Panama Pacific mahi-mahi and yellowfin tuna - longline
- PROSPECTIVE Mexican Pacific yellowfin tuna - purse seine
- US Gulf of Maine lobster - pot/trap