France Eastern English Channel thornback ray - bottom trawls, trammel net, and Danish seine

Overview

FIP Description

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.

How is this FIP Doing?

Current Status:

21%

79%

Actions Progress

Actions Overview

Behind	On Track	Complete	Future
0%	100%	0%	0%

FIP Progress Rating

A - Advanced Progress

FIP Objective(s)

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 Type

Comprehensive

FIP Stage

Stage 5: Improvements on the Water

Start and Projected End Dates

July, 2021

June, 2026

Species

Common Name

Thornback Ray

Scientific Name

Raja clavata