Overview
- Target stock: thornback ray in the Eastern English Channel (ICES division 7d); FAO species code: RJC
- The 'thornback ray' is a skate, belonging to the skates family 'Rajidae';
- Fishing method/gear: bottom trawls (single, pair, and twin - OTB, PTB, OTT), trammel net (GTR), and Danish seine (SDN)
- Operated by French-flagged fishing vessels, members of the two French Producer Organisations FROM NORD and OPN (Organisation de pêcheurs normands) based in the French regions Normandie and Hauts-de-France
Note (situation August 2024): FIP landings and Fishery landings provided on this web page below are annual estimates in 2022 (that is not for the mentioned month) - based on catch data provided by the two producer organisations OPN and FROM NORD for the former and ICES public data 'Official Nominal Catches 2006-2022' (year 2022 available since August 2024) for the latter.
- Target stock: thornback ray in the Eastern English Channel (ICES division 7d); FAO species code: RJC
- The 'thornback ray' is a skate, belonging to the skates family 'Rajidae';
The fishery aims to be MSC certified after the FIP implementation, that is by 2027 (objective when launching the FIP).
Update end of year 3 of the FIP - August 2024: whether and when to apply for MSC certification - standard version 2 will be decided by the FIP implementers in 2025 or in the first semester of the year 2026 (see situation update under the 'Actions' Tab).
FIP at a Glance
7% | 25% | 64% | 4% |
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Traceability