Common Name
White Shrimp
Scientific Name
Penaeus merguiensis
The prawn fishery is located in the South Kalimantan province of Indonesia, the Tanah Bumbu District. It is a small scale, traditional and data poor fishery with fishers using boats < 4 gross tonnage. For the Unit of Assessment (UoA), the most common caught and reported species is the white prawn (Penaeus merguiensis). This stock in the region was assessed using the MSC risk based framework (RBF). Trammel nets are the main gear type used to catch prawns from 26 individual fishermen in the fishing group under assessment.
This fishery also listed as part of the MSC InTransition to MSC fishery with detailed available in the link: https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/indonesia-south-kalimantan-tramme...@@view
| 54% | 32% | 11% | 4% |
| 0% |
| Behind | On Track | Complete | Future |
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| 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
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| 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
The company, PT. Karya Kencana Sumber Sari want to aim for MSC for all its suppliers in the supply chain. As part of the efforts, a pre assessment conducted in 2022 by a CAB. Following a review of the information available and the outcome of the RBF assessment, the assessment team is of the view that the fishery will not achieve the MSC Fisheries Standard and would benefit from a comprehensive Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) with specific actions and timelines. This FIP could consider developing and implementing the essential features, including management measures, suitable for the scale of the fishery, necessary to delivering sustainable fisheries that maintain a healthy stock status and their ecosystems. A set of detailed recommendations are outlined in the pre assessment, then it tailored into a FIP action plan to answer with objectives as follow:
1. Provide better information on the stock status of the fishery
2. Support the development of harvest strategy and harvest control rules
3. Provide information on the environmental impact of the use of trammel nets in South Kalimantan
4. Support the development of fishery management plan specific to the shrimp fishery
5. Improved traceability in the fishery
6. Get MSC certificate by November 2028 or sooner.