Overview
What is a Completed FIP?
Completed FIPs are those that have independent verification that they have achieved their environmental objectives and/or graduated to MSC full assessment or other program assessment. Completed FIPs no longer report on their environmental performance but may choose to voluntarily report on their social performance.
Explanation of Completion: This FIP was completed in January 2017. The fishery achieved MSC certification in August 2018.
The Bahamas spiny lobster fishery exports the majority of its product to the United States and Europe for an estimated $80 million dollars. Thousands of Bahamians earn a livelihood fishing for lobster on a full or part-time basis. Critical issues challenging this fishery include the following: government capacity to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; adopting a harvest strategy; reviewing management performance; and collecting reliable spatial catch data. The active involvement of FIP stakeholders, including the Bahamas Marine Exporters Association (BMEA), the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), as well as other FIP Participants, drives improvements against the Marine Stewardship Council standard.
The Bahamas spiny lobster fishery exports the majority of its product to the United States and Europe for an estimated $80 million dollars. Thousands of Bahamians earn a livelihood fishing for lobster on a full or part-time basis.
The objective of the Bahamas spiny lobster FIP is to move the fishery in a step-wise approach towards Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification by 2016. This FIP entered MSC full assessment in January 2017. See the fishery's MSC site for additional information.
FIP at a Glance
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