Fishery Improvement Project
Following the loss of Marine Stewardship Council certification in February 2018 the Celtic Sea Herring Management Advisory Committee decided to implement a Fishery Improvement Project. The Committee is currently working on a Rebuilding Plan, with The Marine Institute. The Plan will be presented to the Pelagic Advisory Council in October 2018.
Fishery Improvement Project:
A Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) is a plan to improve a fishery over a given time period. The CSHMAC has started developing a rebuilding plan for the stock with The Marine Institute (Ireland’s fisheries scientific body). The re-building plan is being developed over the summer of 2018 and will be presented to the Pelagic Advisory Council in October.
Objective of the FIP:
The goal of the FIP will be to achieve Marine Stewardship Council Certification for the Fishery.
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership:
The FIP will be developed in conjunction with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP). This is an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) which works with FIPs globally and has relationships with many of the large retail chains.
www.sustainablefish.org
Plan timelines
| March 29th |
FIP start date
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| March -October 2018 | Rebuilding Plan development by Marine Institute |
| September 25th– |
Adoption of the plan by CSHMAC
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| September-December | Marine Institute sampling plan in agents and on vessels to gather data for stock assessment |
| October 2nd | Presentation of the Plan to Pelagic Advisory Council |
| October 9th | Publication of the new rebuilding plan once agreed by the Pelagic Advisory Council |
| October 15th | Start of acoustic survey by Marine Institute with industry observer |
| September 2019 | Fleet to implement the new rebuilding Plan for the new season |
| October 2019 | Marine Institute acoustic survey with industry observer |
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Fishery Improvement Project
The Celtic Sea Herring Management Advisory Committee has decided to implement a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP). The first step is to develop a Rebuilding Plan which is currently underway with the Marine Institute.
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