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FIP Name	Reason for Inactivity	Explanation (Other)
INACTIVE Adriatic Sea European sardine - purse seine	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Atlantic Ocean tuna - longline (StarKist)	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Barents Sea king crab - pot/trap (Keyport LLC)	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Barents Sea snow crab - pot/trap (Odyssey Enterprises)	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Brazil South Atlantic swordfish - longline	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Canada American plaice (3LNO) - trawl	Three years without environmental progress
INACTIVE Canada Lake Erie rainbow smelt - trawl	Other	The Lake Erie Rainbow Smelt fishery is voluntarily inactivating its FIP until the MSC has completed its review of forage related sections in the Fisheries Standard.
INACTIVE Canada redfish (Unit 3) - trawl	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Chile Patagonian red octopus - hookah	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Chile stone crab - trap	Missed deadline for three year audit report
INACTIVE Chilean hake - bottom trawl	Missed deadline for three year audit report Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE China crayfish - pot/trap	Missed deadline for three year audit report
INACTIVE East China Sea and Yellow Sea Japanese flying squid - trawl	At FIP's request Other	Major changes in the nature of the fishery have led to the need for re-assessing the scope of improvements and work plan actions.
INACTIVE Eastern Atlantic tuna – purse seine (French fleet)	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Eastern Pacific Ocean skipjack and bigeye tuna - purse seine (AGAC)	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Eastern Pacific Ocean tuna - longline (Transmarina)	At FIP's request Other	The vessels that were part of this FIP are no longer dedicated to tuna and instead are targeting only swordfish.
INACTIVE Gambia sole - bottom set gillnet	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Hawaii bigeye tuna and swordfish – longline	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE India Palk Bay flower shrimp - trawl	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE India threadfin bream - trawl	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Indian Ocean yellowfin & bigeye tuna – purse seine (AGAC)	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Indonesia Aru and Arafura demersal fish - longline	Merged with another FIP
INACTIVE Indonesia Indian Ocean and Western Central Pacific Ocean wahoo, cobia, and mahi-mahi - longline	Missed two consecutive reports Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Indonesia Indian Ocean tuna - longline	Merged with another FIP
INACTIVE Indonesia Jepara blue swimming crab - bottom gillnet	Lack of stakeholder support
INACTIVE Indonesia Makassar Strait snapper and grouper - longline and dropline	Merged with another FIP
INACTIVE Indonesia Maros blue swimming crab - trap	Lack of stakeholder support
INACTIVE Indonesia North Java Sea snapper and grouper - handline and dropline	Merged with another FIP
INACTIVE Indonesia Western and Central Pacific Ocean yellowfin tuna - handline (IPNLF)	Missed deadline for three year audit report Merged with another FIP
INACTIVE Japan albacore tuna - longline	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Japan Hiroshima Pacific oyster - rope grown	Other	FIP withdrew from the MSC certification process and confirmed it did not plan to reactivate.
INACTIVE Japan Tokyo Bay sea perch - purse seine	Missed deadline for three year audit report Lack of funding At FIP's request
INACTIVE Japan Tomamae giant Pacific octopus - barrel flowing	Missed deadline for three year audit report Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Lower Mekong Delta Kien Giang multispecies - trawl	Lack of stakeholder support
INACTIVE Mexico Bahia de Los Angeles octopus - trap/diver-caught/hand gathered	Other	Justification: Lack of appropriate conditions to work on-site. Justificación: falta de condiciones adecuadas en el sitio
INACTIVE Mexico Campeche blue crab - pot/trap & ring nets	Missed two consecutive reports Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Mexico Gulf of California Cortez geoduck - hookah	At FIP's request Other	The strategic decision was made to put the FIP on hold to wait for better governance conditions that allow the FIP to solve the fishery's challenges.
INACTIVE Mexico Gulf of California jumbo squid - jig	Other	This FIP has been paused until this fishery resumes and improvements can continue to be implemented. See description for details.
INACTIVE Mexico Gulf of California small scale blue shrimp - drift net/cast net/bottom trawl	At FIP's request Other	FIP has completed workplan actions but has not achieved overall objectives. FIP is developing a new workplan with plans to reactivate in summer 2022.
INACTIVE Mexico Isla Natividad ocean whitefish - trap/handline	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Mexico La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve artisanal snook and snapper - handline	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Mexico Magdalena Bay Pacific calico scallops - diver-caught	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Mexico North Sinaloa artisanal blue and brown shrimp - gillnet and bottom trawl	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Mexico Pacific Ocean shrimp - bottom trawl	Other	FIP fell out of MSC certification process and has not confirmed it plans to reactivate.
INACTIVE Mexico Puerto Libertad clams - hookah	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Mexico Quintana Roo spiny lobster – casitas/hand-harvest	Missed deadline for three year audit report
INACTIVE Mexico South Sonora artisanal blue shrimp - gillnet	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Mexico Western Baja California Sur swimming crab - pot/trap	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Morocco sardine - pelagic trawl and seine / Maroc sardine - chalut pélagique et senne	Other	FIP did not enter full assessment process and did not meet reporting requirements to be moved back to Active.
INACTIVE New England ocean perch - hook and line/otter trawl	Other	FisheryProgress could not reach the FIP leads in order to demonstrate they are included in the MSC certificate for this fishery.
INACTIVE New England silver hake - trawl	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE North Pacific blue shark and swordfish - longline	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Northeast Atlantic Ocean mackerel and herring - hook & line, trawl, and purse seine	Other	Reporting elsewhere
INACTIVE Northwestern Atlantic Ocean Grand Banks yellowtail flounder - trawl	Other	FIP was comprised of a single vessel that sank in fall 2022.
INACTIVE Pacific Ocean tropical tuna - purse seine (US Pacific Tuna Group)	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Pacific Ocean tuna - longline (Sky Vision)	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Panama shrimp - bottom trawl	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Peru anchovy - small scale purse-seine	Failed to meet social responsibility policy Lack of funding
INACTIVE Peru hake - industrial bottom trawl	Missed two consecutive reports Missed deadline for three year audit report
INACTIVE Peru mahi-mahi - longline (Confremar)	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Peru South Pacific Ocean swordfish - longline	Missed two consecutive reports
INACTIVE Philippines blue swimming crab - pot (Saravia Blue Crab)	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Philippines yellowfin tuna - handline	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Russia Amur River/Sakhalin Gulf salmon - trap net/beach seine/weir/gillnet	Lack of funding
INACTIVE Russia Northern Sakhalin salmon- trap/net	At FIP's request Other	FIP has been closed due to business reasons, including financial difficulties.
INACTIVE Shantou-Taiwan Chinese common squid and short arm octopus - jig/trawl	Three years without environmental progress
INACTIVE Shantou-Taiwan shortarm octopus - jig	Merged with another FIP
INACTIVE Southern Brazil monkfish - gillnet	Other	Lack of (adequate) customers to sell the product.
INACTIVE Thailand longtail tuna - purse seine	Missed deadline for three year audit report
INACTIVE UK brown crab and European lobster - pot/trap	Other	Timeline of FIP concluded. See 'Description' below for more details.
INACTIVE UK English Channel king scallop - dredge	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE UK European plaice & lemon sole - seine/trawl	Other	Timeline of FIP concluded. See 'Description' below for more details.
INACTIVE UK Irish Sea, West of Scotland, and North Sea great Atlantic scallop - dredge	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE UK monkfish - gillnet/trawl	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE UK North Sea and West Coast of Scotland monkfish - gillnet & trawl (SFSAG)	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE UK North Sea cod and whiting - seine & trawl	Missed deadline for three year audit report Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE UK Norway lobster - bottom trawl and creel	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE US Jonah crab- pot/trap	Lack of funding
INACTIVE US North Carolina blue crab - pot/trap	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Venezuela Caribbean spiny lobster - free dive with hook	At FIP's request
INACTIVE Western and Central Pacific Ocean tuna - longline (Hangton)	At FIP's request Other	Many vessels within the FIP are now inactive or part of another FIP. Additionally, FIP has experienced its worst fishing season in two decades.
INACTIVE Western and Central Pacific Ocean tuna - purse seine (Kiribati Fish Limited)	Failed to meet social responsibility policy
INACTIVE Western and Central Pacific Ocean tuna - purse seine (Thai Union)	At FIP's request