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.
Date of Completion: Aug 2020
Explanation of Completion: This FIP entered MSC full assessment but it is continuing to report on its social performance. The original scope of the FIP included three UoAs (BET, SKJ and YFT), however, only the SKJ entered full MSC assessment. A new FIP was launched to address BET and YFT.
This profile was completed by achieving certification of 1 tuna species, only including skipjack tuna, and a new profile was created to address continued improvement for bigeye and yellowfin tuna: Indian Ocean yellowfin & bigeye tuna – purse seine (AGAC).
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This FIP encompasses all global tropical tuna stocks of three species: bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) for a total of 13 Units of Certification. In the case of this specific sub-FIP for the Eastern Pacific Ocean, we deal with three stocks of tunas - one each for skipjack, bigeye tuna, and yellowfin tuna.
Because of the set-up of this webpage, the overarching FIP was broken into four sub-FIPs according to the relevant RFMO (IATTC, ICCAT, IOTC, and WCPFC). The reasoning behind this division is that each RFMO has different scores and actions for the various MSC principles, in particular Principles 1 & 3. Had we grouped all RFMOs together, we would not have been able to present or track the various activities and timelines in a cohesive, clear and comprehensive manner.
This FIP is working towards completing the following objectives by fall 2021:
- Achieve MSC certification for the OPAGAC industrial purse seine tuna fleet in three oceans and four RFMOs, within the next 5 years.
- Unify the industrial purse seine fishery into one MSC unit of certification instead of the misleading current division of free and associated schools.
- Bring together leading industry and environmental partners to work collaboratively towards sustainability of the fishery and ensure fair market access.
- Have RFMOs adopt Harvest Control Rules (HCR) for stocks of tropical tuna species, including support to the process of Management Strategy Evaluation based on the best science available.
- Adoption of robust ad-hoc rebuilding strategies, in line with MSC standards, for stocks not subject to HCR (where required).
- Influence the various RFMOs to adopt an ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
- Assist RFMOs in the adoption of best practices concerning the use of drift fish aggregating devices (dFADs), through provision of information in support of informed scientific advice.
- Drive real changes in the fleet to minimize the impact of the fishery over non-target species and improve survivorship of sensitive species such as turtles, sharks, and any other sensitive bycatch.
Note: The Indicator Scores presented in this website are based on the MSC Performance Indicators (PI) for the species in worst shape in the fisheries. The way FisheryProgress.org is currently set up does not allow for the entry of PI scores for more than one stock or species. In this case, one species has a yellow ranking (yellowfin tuna) and two species (bigeye and skipjack) are in green.
FIP at a Glance
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