Trawl

Overview

What is a Prospective FIP?
Prospective FIPs intend to meet the requirements for active FIPs within one year. These projects are posted on FisheryProgress to help users identify opportunities to support developing FIPs and prevent the start of duplicate FIPs. Prospective FIPs are not yet demonstrating progress toward sustainability.

Fishmeal production companies of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces, along with their customers who are aqua feed corporations and Kim Delta Vietnam, jointly launched the Ca Mau Multispecies FIP - Vietnam in August 2022. December 2022, a quick assessment report on the status of multi-species trawl fisheries in Ca Mau Province, the Ca Mau Fishery Improvement Project Plan and the Partnership Agreement were released to all partners. In March 2023, the partners officially agreed to conduct a multispecies fishery gap assessment in Ca Mau province. The FIP plans to be recognised by two international schemes Fishery Progress and MarinTrust, respectively as Basic FIP and Multispecies FIP Pilot no later than March 2024.

FIP partners conducted meetings and workshops to mobilize support for FIP from the Ca Mau provincial government and other Ca Mau seafood producer and exporter partners. The People's Committee of Ca Mau province has approved the FIP in writing and assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ca Mau province (in July 2023) to coordinate with Kim Delta Vietnam to implement the FIP.

Fishmeal production companies of Ca Mau and Bac Lieu provinces, along with their customers who are aqua feed corporations and Kim Delta Vietnam, jointly launched the Ca Mau Multispecies FIP - Vietnam in August 2022. December 2022, a quick assessment report on the status of multi-species trawl fisheries in Ca Mau Province, the Ca Mau Fishery Improvement Project Plan and the Partnership Agreement were released to all partners. In March 2023, the partners officially agreed to conduct a multispecies fishery gap assessment in Ca Mau province.

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
KIM DELTA VIETNAM LLC
Organization Type 
Consultant
Primary Contact 
Thanh Nguyen (Kim)
Phone 
+84913771208
Organization Name 
KIM DELTA VIETNAM LLC
Organization Type 
Consultant
Primary Contact 
Steven Starmans
Phone 
+84833251165
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.
22022
Expiration Date 
August 2024

Overview

What is a Prospective FIP?
Prospective FIPs intend to meet the requirements for active FIPs within one year. These projects are posted on FisheryProgress to help users identify opportunities to support developing FIPs and prevent the start of duplicate FIPs. Prospective FIPs are not yet demonstrating progress toward sustainability.

Beaver Street Fisheries have decided to partner with CeDePesca to design a prospective FIP, with the ultimate goal of achieving a certifiable status for the whitemouth croaker trawl and bottom gillnet fishery in Brazil.

The whitemouth croaker (Micropogonias furnieri) is one of the most abundant and intensively exploited demersal species on the continental shelf of southern and southeastern Brazil. A coastal species, it has a wide geographical distribution, occurring between the Yucatan Peninsula (Gulf of Mexico) and San Matías Gulf (Argentina).

In Brazil, fisheries management is shared between the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, and it is known that there has not been a continuous fisheries statistics program since 2008. However, the Permanent Committee on Management and Sustainable Use of Demersal Resources in the Southeast and South, which aims to advise on the sustainable exploitation of demersal resources, is expected to resume its meetings in 2023.

If you are interested in participating in this FIP at its initial stages, please contact CeDePesca or Beaver Street Fisheries.

Beaver Street Fisheries have decided to partner with CeDePesca to design a prospective FIP, with the ultimate goal of achieving a certifiable status for the whitemouth croaker trawl and bottom gillnet fishery in Brazil.

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
CeDePesca
Organization Type 
NGO
Primary Contact 
Rochelle Cruz
Organization Name 
Beaver Street Fisheries
Organization Type 
Industry
Primary Contact 
Casey R. Marion
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.
21736
Expiration Date 
July 2024

Overview

What is a Prospective FIP?
Prospective FIPs intend to meet the requirements for active FIPs within one year. These projects are posted on FisheryProgress to help users identify opportunities to support developing FIPs and prevent the start of duplicate FIPs. Prospective FIPs are not yet demonstrating progress toward sustainability.

In Uruguay and Argentina, hake (Merluccius hubbsi) is distributed over the continental shelf, between 80 and 800 meters deep, from the northern limit with Brazil to approximately 54°LS. Within its area of distribution, the resource performs seasonal migrations, associated with changes in environmental conditions, changes in trophic conditions and reproductive aspects. In its spatial distribution, two breeding and breeding zones are recognized, one to the north and the other to the south of the distribution of the species, with different cycles.

The Hake fishery is one of the most important in Uruguay and also one of the oldest. The annual catch showed an uninterrupted increase from 1975 to 1981, slightly exceeding 92,000 tons, being the catches made by deep-sea and medium-deep vessels. In the next period (1982-1991) the average catch was around 78,000 tons, where in 1985 and 1991 the highest values of this period were reached (97,000 and 95,000 tons respectively). Starting in 1991, the catch showed a downward trend to 27,000 in the year 2000, which corresponds to a drastic decrease of around 70% compared to the maximum values of the previous decade. The first two decades of the 21st century, the catches kept oscillating between 20,000 and 40,000 tons per year.

The Uruguayan deep-sea trawling fleet whose target species is hake (category A) is made up of units with an average age of 35 years. This fleet has decreased since 1991, from 35 to 22. According to Decree No. 149/997, in Category A are vessels whose target species is hake and its accompanying fauna. The average characteristics of these vessels are: 42 meters in length, 535 GRT, 1260 HP engine power and 16 crew members. These vessels operate outside the Río de la Plata in the Common Fishing Zone (ZCP).

The Mixed Technical Commission of the Maritime Front (CTMFM) is an international organization with the necessary legal capacity to fulfill its specific tasks established by the Treaty of the Río de la Plata and its Maritime Front in 1973. After its installation in August 1976, the Commission has functioned without interruption. In the course of these, a wide variety of activities of a scientific, administrative and regulatory nature have been developed in relation to its two priority tasks: the sustainable management of shared fishing resources and the protection of the marine environment of the Common Fishing Zone. The CTMFM is recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as the only regional fisheries organization in the Southwest Atlantic.

The situation of the state of hake, which is exploited in ZCP waters, has always been the subject of study and analysis by the researchers that make up the Hake Working Group (GTM), which operates within the framework of the Mixed Technical Commission of the Maritime Front (CTMFM). Regarding the dynamics of the population, starting in 2013, within the scope of the CTMFM, the first joint evaluation of the hake resource in the ZCP was carried out, applying a model structured by age and a logistic model of Schaefer surplus biomass. The application of the model determined stock productivity indicators: Maximum Sustainable Yield RMS and the biomass that allows to be in said BMSY yield. Likewise, indicators of the present state of the stock were estimated: the current biomass fraction (B2019/BMSY) and the current biomass fraction based on virgin biomass. Based on the biomass values estimated by adjusting the global model, short and medium term projections were made.

Using the Uruguayan CPUE series between 1986 and 2018 as input to the model, the status of the population, the total biomass levels and the catch rate were estimated. The results of the model adjustment estimated for 2019 an average total biomass of 247,500 t (IP95% from 186,000 t to 330,300 t) and an exploitation rate for 2018 of 0.15 (IP95% from 0.1 to 0.2) (Figures 10). The hake population in 2019 is reduced to 47% of the virgin condition. The total biomass decreased from 1991 to 2007, corresponding to a marked increase in fishing mortality and the catch made in the nineties.
As of 2010, the total biomass increased and fishing mortality decreased, registering the lowest value of the series in 2016. Although in 2017 the catch rate presented a slight increase in relation to the previous year, it continued to decrease in 2018 and 2019. It was observed that current catch levels are below the estimated CR for 2020.

In this context of the development of the Hubbsi Hake fishery, and with the experience generated in improvement programs, Cooke Uruguay decided to move forward with a FIP Program, initially a Prospective FIP. The objective of this FIP Prospective is to define the Scope of the fishery to advance to the next level, prepare the documentation related to the "Need Assessment" document, identify other eventual participants in the FIP, define the objectives of the FIP and identify and/or apply for possible sources of financing.

In Uruguay and Argentina, hake (Merluccius hubbsi) is distributed over the continental shelf, between 80 and 800 meters deep, from the northern limit with Brazil to approximately 54°LS. Within its area of distribution, the resource performs seasonal migrations, associated with changes in environmental conditions, changes in trophic conditions and reproductive aspects. In its spatial distribution, two breeding and breeding zones are recognized, one to the north and the other to the south of the distribution of the species, with different cycles.

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
Cooke Uruguay S.A.
Organization Type 
Industry
Primary Contact 
Santiago Diaz
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.
20115
Expiration Date 
March 2024

Overview

Industry led FIP started by Netuno USA, Inc. and local partners Neptune, IndoFisheries and Baraka targeting grouper fisheries in India. Groupers are found in the waters of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar, Gulf of Kutch, Paradeep and Andaman seas (Varghese et al. 2021). On the southwest coast, Kerala represents 47.8% of the marine fish harvest, followed by 43.7% is from Karnataka and 8.5% from Goa. Catches largely occur by mechanized fishing crafts (75.7%), motorized fishing crafts (21.8%) and non-mechanized country crafts (2.5%) (Sathianandan et al. 2021). In Kerala waters, grouper are found at depths 60-150m in rocky and coral reef grounds in areas called the "Kalava grounds". The main grouper species caught in Kerala include Epinephelus diacanthus, E. malabaricus, E. tauvina, E. chlorostigma and E. bleekeri. Epinephelus diacanthus is the main grouper species caught here, constituting 90% of the groupers landed (Varghese et al. 2021). The most recent catch data indicate that the species comprises ~61% of the catch landed at the main landing centre in the southwest area (specifically Kerala) with no clear sign of a decline in landings (Nair et al. 2018a). The Karnataka coast is around 300 km long and trawls form the main gear type from the mechanised sector. The State has around 96 fish landing centres, the most important being Mangaluru fisheries harbour (representing around 40 percent of Karnataka’s total catch). A recent study of landings at the site suggested that bycatch represents around 68% of the trawl catches, with shrimp, flatfishes, sciaenids, squids and crabs representing target species (Velip & Rivonker, 2015). Most bycatch in Karnataka is landed by single-day trawlers (SDT). SDTs generally operate in depths up to 30 m with the entire catch landed (including both edible ~74% and LVB  ~26%). 

Industry led FIP started by Netuno USA, Inc. and local partners Neptune, IndoFisheries and Baraka targeting grouper fisheries in India. Groupers are found in the waters of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar, Gulf of Kutch, Paradeep and Andaman seas (Varghese et al. 2021). On the southwest coast, Kerala represents 47.8% of the marine fish harvest, followed by 43.7% is from Karnataka and 8.5% from Goa. Catches largely occur by mechanized fishing crafts (75.7%), motorized fishing crafts (21.8%) and non-mechanized country crafts (2.5%) (Sathianandan et al.

FIP at a Glance

View current status
April 01, 2023
14% 4% 11% 71%
Progress Rating (A) Advanced Progress

Reserved for comprehensive FIPs that have achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result within the past 12 months.

(B) Good Progress

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

(C) Some Recent Progress
  • A FIP that has achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result in more than 12 (but less than 24) months AND has reported a Stage 3 activity within the past six months.
  • 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.

The ratings are currently derived by SFP from publicly available data on FIP websites, including FisheryProgress.org, and are determined using the following methodology: View PDF

C Some Recent Progress
Actions Complete

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  • Complete
  • Incomplete
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.
Apr 2024
Target End Date
Dec 2025

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
IABS Eurasia
Organization Type 
NGO
Primary Contact 
Maria Suarez
Phone 
+34 676 714654
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.
19883

Overview

Beaver Street Fisheries and CeDePesca have signed an agreement to design a FIP with the ultimate goal of achieving an MSC certifiable status for the Croaker trawl and bottom gillnet fishery that takes place in southern Brazil.

Croaker (Umbrina canosai) is a demersal species distributed between Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Rio Colorado (Argentina), exploited mainly on the continental shelf of southern Brazil, and has great economic importance.

According to a stock assessment conducted in 2006, the croaker stock was overexploited at the time. In addition, the MSC pre-assessment completed by CeDePesca in November 2021 showed that the fishery-specific management system is not enough to rebuild the stock nor to ensure that it fluctuates around a level consistent with its Maximum Sustainable Yield. Furthermore, at the start of this FIP, the harvest strategy is not well structured, there is no harvest control rule, and there has been no continuous fishery statistics program since 2008. This FIP will aim at improving fishery practices and policies in Brazil so that stocks can be rebuilt to their optimal level.

In Brazil, fisheries are managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAPA), through the Secretariat of Aquaculture and Fisheries (SAP). However, the Permanent Committee for the Management and Sustainable Use of Southeastern and Southern Demersal Resources (CPG), which had the objective of providing advice for the sustainable exploitation of demersal resources –including croaker– was suspended in 2019. Recently, in April 2022, the SAP/MAPA published a list of the institutions that would compose the CPG. This FIP will aim at achieving the actual reinstatement of the CPG for Southeastern and Southern Demersal Resources and to ensure it meets in a regular fashion to address serious issues in the fishery.

In general, this FIP aims to address all the sustainability hurdles that were identified through the MSC pre-assessment, and Beaver Street Fisheries and CeDePesca are keen to join efforts with other stakeholders in the supply chain to achieve a certifiable status for fisheries.

Beaver Street Fisheries and CeDePesca have signed an agreement to design a FIP with the ultimate goal of achieving an MSC certifiable status for the Croaker trawl and bottom gillnet fishery that takes place in southern Brazil.

Croaker (Umbrina canosai) is a demersal species distributed between Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Rio Colorado (Argentina), exploited mainly on the continental shelf of southern Brazil, and has great economic importance.

FIP at a Glance

View current status
April 01, 2022
75% 11% 14%
Progress Rating (A) Advanced Progress

Reserved for comprehensive FIPs that have achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result within the past 12 months.

(B) Good Progress

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

(C) Some Recent Progress
  • A FIP that has achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result in more than 12 (but less than 24) months AND has reported a Stage 3 activity within the past six months.
  • 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.

The ratings are currently derived by SFP from publicly available data on FIP websites, including FisheryProgress.org, and are determined using the following methodology: View PDF

D Some Past Progress
Actions Complete

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  • Complete
  • Incomplete
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Jul 2024
Target End Date
Apr 2027

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
CeDePesca
Organization Type 
NGO
Primary Contact 
Rochelle Cruz
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.
18173

Overview

An MSC pre-assessment and workplan were prepared for the Scottish monkfish fishery, on behalf of Seafish, in 2019. The pre-assessment was prepared by the CAB Control Union, and the workplan by the consultants MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd. The intention was to use these documents to start a FIP for the fishery, but due to COVID-19, the project had to be postponed.

The Units of assessment include UoA 1 which is demersal trawl and UoA 2 which is gillnet.

It is now possible to continue the project, and as such the FIP preparation to date has been reviewed. The pre-assessment as it relates to Principle 2 and most of Principle 3 continues to be relevant. In addition, since monkfish are taken as part of a mixed demersal fishery, this part of the analysis overlaps with other fisheries that are already MSC certified (e.g. SFSAG northern demersal stocks) or in a FIP (e.g. UK North Sea cod and whiting). This means that workplans are already in implementation to address the issues raised in this part of the pre-assessment, both in the context of a FIP workplan and in the context of an MSC Client Action Plan.

Conversely, the review of the pre-assessment in relation to Principle 1, and the parts of Principle 3 linked to Principle 1 (PI 3.2.1 Fishery-specific objectives) suggested that recent progress in relation to the biology of the species and the stock assessment needed to be included, in order to define an appropriate FIP workplan. It was therefore decided to provide a pre-assessment update for Principle 1 and PI 3.2.1, as a basis for scoping and a workplan update.

 

An MSC pre-assessment and workplan were prepared for the Scottish monkfish fishery, on behalf of Seafish, in 2019. The pre-assessment was prepared by the CAB Control Union, and the workplan by the consultants MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd. The intention was to use these documents to start a FIP for the fishery, but due to COVID-19, the project had to be postponed.

The Units of assessment include UoA 1 which is demersal trawl and UoA 2 which is gillnet.

FIP at a Glance

View current status
July 01, 2022
7% 43% 46% 4%
Progress Rating (A) Advanced Progress

Reserved for comprehensive FIPs that have achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result within the past 12 months.

(B) Good Progress

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

(C) Some Recent Progress
  • A FIP that has achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result in more than 12 (but less than 24) months AND has reported a Stage 3 activity within the past six months.
  • 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.

The ratings are currently derived by SFP from publicly available data on FIP websites, including FisheryProgress.org, and are determined using the following methodology: View PDF

C Some Recent Progress
Actions Complete

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  • Complete
  • Incomplete
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.
Mar 2024
Target End Date
Jul 2027

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG)
Organization Type 
Industry
Primary Contact 
Jenny Mouat
Phone 
07597357990
Organization Name 
Jo Gascoigne
Organization Type 
Consultant
Primary Contact 
Jo Gascoigne
Phone 
07496468968
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.
18065

Overview

The USA trawl fishery for Yellowtail Flounder (NAFO 3LNO) off the Grand Banks in the Atlantic Ocean is hosted by the Pier Fish Company of New Bedford and Tremont Fisheries LLC of Lakeville, Massachusetts. Tremont Fisheries LLC owns and operates the sole vessel in the fishery, the Tremont.

The fishery occurs on the same grounds as other Contracting Parties to the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Organization (NAFO).  It is managed by NAFO with additional fishing rules by the USA as the Flag and Port State, and with some joint provisions with Canada. Only ecosystem impacts scores below 80 at this time.

The USA trawl fishery for Yellowtail Flounder (NAFO 3LNO) off the Grand Banks in the Atlantic Ocean is hosted by the Pier Fish Company of New Bedford and Tremont Fisheries LLC of Lakeville, Massachusetts. Tremont Fisheries LLC owns and operates the sole vessel in the fishery, the Tremont.

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
Pier Fish
Organization Type 
Industry
Primary Contact 
Scott Bode
Organization Name 
The Sustainability Incubator
Organization Type 
Consultant
Primary Contact 
Katrina Nakamura
Organization Name 
Tremont Fisheries
Organization Type 
Industry
Primary Contact 
Micheal Walsh
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.
17342

Overview

Redfish were designated threatened in 2010 but the stock is currently healthy after a decade of management within biological reference points. The fishery is managed with an integrated management plan for groundfish fisheries and overall is a near match to the MSC standard.  However, the fishery needs further improvement in its impacts on pollock, haddock, and other commercially fished species as well as benthic (seafloor dwelling) and endangered or threatened species caught in the bottom trawl gear. Fishery impacts on habitat and the ecosystem could also be better understood and mitigated.

The average size of redfish in the fishery catch-at-length has been increasing since 2011, and the percentage of immature fish (≤ 22 cm FL) in the catch-at-length has remained less than the 15% tolerance since 2014. The DFO Summer RV Survey results indicate that the total and mature Unit 3 Redfish biomass has remained relatively stable since 2018 at levels comparable to the 1990s. The mature biomass index has never fallen below the LRP, and the stock has been above the USR since 2004, indicating the stock is in the Heathy Zone (DFO 2021).

Since 2000 it has had a total allowable catch of 9000 tonnes. Total landings have generally been less than half this amount over the past 18 years (DFO 2019). The status of Unit 3 Redfish is determined solely by the mature biomass index generated from the annual DFO Summer RV Survey with complete coverage of the Unit 3 stock area (except in 2018). The fishery is managed by Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) under the latest version (2017) of the Groundfish Integrated Fishery Management Plan for the Maritimes Region.

Redfish were designated threatened in 2010 but the stock is currently healthy after a decade of management within biological reference points. The fishery is managed with an integrated management plan for groundfish fisheries and overall is a near match to the MSC standard.  However, the fishery needs further improvement in its impacts on pollock, haddock, and other commercially fished species as well as benthic (seafloor dwelling) and endangered or threatened species caught in the bottom trawl gear.

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
Tribune Seafood
Organization Type 
Industry
Primary Contact 
David Kadlec
Organization Name 
Sustainability Incubator
Organization Type 
Consultant
Primary Contact 
Alexander Ford
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.
17099

Overview

The Roundtable of Feed and Fishmeal companies has been initiated by end of 2016 by feed manufacturers and their suppliers to address the most concern of the feed sector regarding responsible sourcing of marine ingredients. In 2017, with support from Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial People's Committee, Department of Agriculture & Rural Development and its affiliate - Sub-Department of Fisheries, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Fishmeal and Fish Oil Association has been recognised by authorities, a fishery improvement project (hereby called FIP Vung Tau) has been developed since then. In June 2020, FIP Vung Tau registered on FisheryProgress as Prospective FIP for trawl fisheries in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, with 10 participants (4 feed companies and 6 fishmeal companies in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province). FIP Vung Tau has defined 5 'other species' as target stocks, including Greater lizardfish (Saurida tumbil); Blunt-nose lizardfish (Trachinocephalus myops); Sulphur goatfish (Upeneus sulphureus); Bigeye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus); and Yellowtail scad (Atule mate). Trawl fleets registered with Ba Ria - Vung Tau authorities and ones that land in ports in Ba Ria - Vung Tau that fishmeal producers are sourcing their incoming materials are covered by this FIP. Background studies and data collection for evaluation of PIs will be conducted in the waters under administration of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.  

The Roundtable of Feed and Fishmeal companies has been initiated by end of 2016 by feed manufacturers and their suppliers to address the most concern of the feed sector regarding responsible sourcing of marine ingredients.

FIP at a Glance

View current status
July 01, 2021
50% 21% 29%
Progress Rating (A) Advanced Progress

Reserved for comprehensive FIPs that have achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result within the past 12 months.

(B) Good Progress

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

(C) Some Recent Progress
  • A FIP that has achieved a Stage 4 or 5 result in more than 12 (but less than 24) months AND has reported a Stage 3 activity within the past six months.
  • 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.

The ratings are currently derived by SFP from publicly available data on FIP websites, including FisheryProgress.org, and are determined using the following methodology: View PDF

C Some Recent Progress
Actions Complete

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  • Complete
  • Incomplete
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.
Jul 2024
Target End Date
Dec 2024

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
BA RIA - VUNG TAU FISHMEAL & FISH OIL ASSOCIATION
Organization Type 
Other
Primary Contact 
NGUYEN Kim Thanh
Phone 
+84913771208
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.
15714

Overview

This FIP has been established by the Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG; http://scottishfsag.org/), to support work to rebuild the North Sea cod stock, as well as to improve management of the North Sea whiting stock. SFSAG is an organisation of all the major Producer Organisations in Scotland (and some in England). It is an MSC certificate-holder for several demersal stocks around Scotland (see https://fisheries.msc.org/en/fisheries/sfsag-northern-demersal-stocks/@@view). North Sea cod and whiting are part of this mixed demersal fishery and are assessed under Principle 2 in that certification. As required, the conditions and action plan on these overlapping fisheries are folded into this FIP so that the FIP covers all MSC PIs for the cod and whiting stocks.

North Sea cod is a talismanic stock for Scottish fisheries. It was overfished in the 1980s and 1990s but management was improved, and from ~2005 onwards it appeared to be recovering. However, the most recent stock assessment suggested that recovery had stalled, and also exposed major problems with the assessment. Likewise, for North Sea whiting, the 2018 assessment suggested that stock status was worse than thought, as well as exposing problems with the previous (pre-benchmark) stock assessment.

The scope of the FIP is as follows:

  • Target stocks: North Sea cod (Gadus morhua) and North Sea whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
  • Fishing gears: All gears used by SFSAG members to target these stocks: i.e. demersal otter trawl (single and twin), Nephrops trawl (single and twin), Danish seine, pair trawl, pair trawl-seine
  • Fleet: All vessels belonging to SFSAG member organisations 

 

This FIP has been established by the Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG; http://scottishfsag.org/), to support work to rebuild the North Sea cod stock, as well as to improve management of the North Sea whiting stock. SFSAG is an organisation of all the major Producer Organisations in Scotland (and some in England).

FIP Leads

Organization Name 
Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG)
Organization Type 
Industry
Primary Contact 
Jen Mouat
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.
13974

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