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: Sep 2022
Explanation of Completion: The FIP has succeeded in achieving its objectives. Please refer to the following actions in the Actions Progress tab for evidence — Conduct research on mussel beds, Determine fishery-specific objectives, and Determine key components of mussel management. The FIP updated one of its objectives from "Management improves to ensure long-term sustainability of the mussel fishery and access for local harvesters " to "Working group members determine there is a need for better long-term management and a request for a fishery management plan process is submitted to the state agency.", which was achieved in March 2022.
This FIP is focused on the wild harvest of mussels in the state of Maine (USA). The goals of this project are to establish and increase collection of stock status data, and to determine objectives and key components for a management plan. This is a fishery that occurs in state waters, and is managed by the Department of Marine Resources in Maine. There are both wild and farmed mussel industries in Maine – this FIP is focused on the wild fishery, which includes harvesters targeting adult mussels to be sold into the marketplace directly, and harvesters targeting seed mussels to transplant to bottom aquaculture leases for farming purposes. Most of the fishery is executed with drag gear, and there is a small amount of hand raking that occurs. The work group includes members from both the wild and bottom aquaculture industries, in addition to processors, distributors, and a major retailer, who are all committed to the long-term sustainability of this fishery in Maine.
This FIP is focused on the wild harvest of mussels in the state of Maine (USA). The goals of this project are to establish and increase collection of stock status data, and to determine objectives and key components for a management plan.
Our primary goals for this FIP are:
- Baseline stock status data is collected and a mechanism is established for maintaining data collection into the future (target date to accomplish this goal: December 2022).
- Working group members determine there is a need for better long-term management and a request for a fishery management plan process is submitted to the state agency.
FIP at a Glance
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This pie chart represents completed environmental actions. Non-completed environmental actions may contain completed sub-tasks that are not illustrated here. For more information on environmental action progress visit the Actions Progress tab.
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