Chile Region XII Southern king crab – pot/trap

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Overview

Royal Greenland has partnered with CeDePesca to implement a FIP with the goal of improving the performance of the Chile Region XII Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla) fishery against Principle 1 of the MSC standard.                                                

The Southern king crab fishery in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region (Region XII) is the most significant in terms of Southern king crab landing volumes in Chile.  The fishery is located between parallels 48°36' S and 56°30' S and is conducted with pots/traps as fishing gear.  Landings in Chile Region XII represent around 75% of landings at the national level in the last few years. Since its onset in 1928, new fishing grounds have been continually added to the fishery throughout the region.

This Basic FIP will focus on the portion of the fleet that supplies Southern king crab to Royal Greenland.

FIP Description 

Royal Greenland has partnered with CeDePesca to implement a FIP with the goal of improving the performance of the Chile Region XII Southern king crab (Lithodes santolla) fishery against Principle 1 of the

FIP Objective(s) 

The main objective of the Chile Region XII Southern king crab FIP is to improve the performance of the fishery against the MSC Performance Indicators in Principle 1 by May 2029.  

The specific objectives of the 5-yr FIP Action Plan are:

  1. Ensure the adoption of a Management Plan for the Southern king crab fishery in Region XII that includes explicit short- and long-term objectives (including stock recovery objectives), a harvest control rule, and a provision for the review of the key parts of the system at least once every five years.
  2. Achieve the adoption of additional management measures that would produce a tailored reduction of fishing effort in such way that the stock of Southern king crab in Region XII is allowed to recover to its target reference point.
  3. Encourage the improvement of the stock assessment methodology, including the confirmation of the appropriateness of the reference points for the Southern king crab stock in Region XII, the reduction of uncertainty levels associated to the stock assessment, and the conduction of an external peer review of the assessment methodology.
  4. Achieve an improvement in the collection of additional data to allow for the estimation of life history parameters specific to the Southern king crab stock in the North Magallanes region and the Central Magallanes region.
  5. Promote the estimation of IUU catch in the fishery.
  6. Ensure the FIP is conducted in a socially responsible way, in line with the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions’ guidelines for the implementation of fishery improvement projects.
FIP Type 
Basic
FIP Stage 
Stage 2: FIP Launch
Start and Projected End Dates
May 2024
May 2029
Next Progress Report Due 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Species 
Common Name 
King Crab (Southern)
Scientific Name
Lithodes santolla
Gear Type 
Pot/Trap
Location
FAO Major Fishing Area
Area 87 (Pacific, Southeast)
Exclusive Economic Zones
Country 
Chile
Geographic Scope 
Region XII
Landings
Estimated Total FIP Landings 
600 metric tons
Estimated Total Fishery Landings 
2,900 metric tons
Landings Date 
September 2024
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FIP at a Glance

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May 01, 2024
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(B) Good Progress

A basic FIP that has achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result within 12 months.

(C) Some Recent Progress
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  • A FIP younger than 12 months that has never achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result but has reported a Stage 3 activity within the first 12 months.
(D) Some Past Progress
  • A FIP that has achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result in more than 12 (but less than 24) months BUT has not reported a Stage 3 activity within the past six months.
  • A FIP for which the most recent Stage 4 or 5 result is more than 24 (but less than 36) months old AND a Stage 3 activity has been reported within six months.
  • A FIP 12-36 months old that has never reported a Stage 4 or 5 result AND has reported a Stage 3 activity within the past six months.
(E) Negligible Progress
  • A FIP for which the most recent Stage 4 or 5 result is more than 24 (but less than 36) months old, with no Stage 3 activity reported in the last six months.
  • A FIP younger than 12 months with no Stage 3 activity reported within 12 months.
  • A FIP 12-36 months old that has never reported a Stage 4 or 5 result AND has not reported a Stage 3 activity within the past six months.

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Next Update Due FisheryProgress requires a FIP to provide update reports every six months, and two missed reports will render the FIP inactive. If a report is overdue, this date will appear red.
Sep 2025
Target End Date
May 2029

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
CeDePesca
Organization Type 
NGO
Primary Contact 
Gabriela McLean
Email 
gabriela.mclean@cedepesca.net
Website Name 
https://cedepesca.net/
FIP Identification Number The FIP Identification Number is automatically generated by FisheryProgress when a FIP profile is created. While the number itself is not meaningful, they are used by NGOs, academia, and industry to refer to FIPs in a consistent way.
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