LEADING AMBIENT FOOD SPECIALIST

MOROCCAN SARDINE FIP

PREPARED FOR SEAFISH COMMON LANGUAGE GROUP BY CAITLIN SCHINDLER, YOUSSEF JARIDI, JO GASCOIGNE 29/10/15

AGENDA

• Identifying a Need for Improvement

• Setting Up a Fishery Improvement Plan • Progress & Successes

₋ MSC Benchmarking Tool

• Next Steps

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IDENTIFYING A NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT

• Increased demand for sustainably caught fish

• Little information on practices in the Moroccan fishery

• Limited options: MSC or non-MSC sardines

• Committed to improving the Moroccan fishery

Review the situation

Identification of sustainability risk

Commitment to improvement

Met with suppliers

Consulted with SFP

Attended a roundtable

Found Partners

Convened Meeting in Morocco

THE BEGINNING

FIP Organisation

FIP Workplan

Began March 2014

FIP Workplan

FIP Website

FIP website: http://fisheryimprovementprojects.org/fip/Moroccan-sardine-2/

Fishery Improvement Stages and Indicators

We are here

• Scientific observers on Moroccan RSW trawlers to evaluate

discards and interactions with ETP species

• Conversation started with government about need for a

more robust harvest control rule

• Exponential improvement in communication and trust

between industry and government

PROGRESS THUS FAR

• Preliminary data on discards and ETP species suggest that

the fishery is clean (sampling is ongoing)

• The need to improve the management plans for each zone is

understood; this is complex because it is a mixed fishery

• The government is much more willing to communicate its

activities and problems to the industry (and the outside

world – new INRH website)

SUCCESSES

• Improvements clearly visible from first pre-assessment (2010) to updated pre-assessment (this project; 2014) to FIP implementation (June 2015)

• Key outstanding issues:

• management of mixed small pelagic fishery (particularly sardinella – depleted) and harvest control rule

• more observer data for ETP species

• impacts of fishery on ecosystem (maintaining all stocks at target levels)

• transparent decision-making

MSC BENCHMARKING TOOL

MSC BENCHMARKING TOOL Principle Component PI Performance Indicator

Pre-assessment

2009 Updated

2014

Calc

Expected end 2015

Expected end 2016

Expected end 2017

Calc

Actual May 2015

Status

1.1.1 Stock status ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target1.1.2 Reference points ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target1.1.3 Stock rebuilding --- --- --- --- --- ---1.2.1 Harvest Strategy 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target1.2.2 Harvest control rules and tools 60-79 60-79 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 60-79 On Target1.2.3 Information and monitoring ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target1.2.4 Assessment of stock status ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target2.1.1 Outcome <60 <60 <60 60-79 60-79 <60 On Target2.1.2 Management ≥80 <60 <60 60-79 ≥80 <60 On Target2.1.3 Information <60 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target2.2.1 Outcome <60 <60 <60 <60 60-79 ≥80 Ahead2.2.2 Management <60 <60 <60 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 Ahead2.2.3 Information <60 <60 60-79 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 Ahead2.3.1 Outcome 60-79 <60 <60 <60 60-79 60-79 Ahead2.3.2 Management <60 60-79 60-79 60-79 ≥80 60-79 On Target2.3.3 Information <60 <60 60-79 60-79 ≥80 60-79 Ahead2.4.1 Outcome 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target2.4.2 Management ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target2.4.3 Information <60 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target2.5.1 Outcome ≥80 60-79 60-79 60-79 60-79 60-79 On Target2.5.2 Management 60-79 60-79 60-79 60-79 ≥80 60-79 On Target2.5.3 Information 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target3.1.1 Legal and customary framework 60-79 60-79 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 60-79 On Target3.1.2 Consultation, roles and responsibilities ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target3.1.3 Long term objectives ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target3.1.4 Incentives for sustainable fishing ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target3.2.1 Fishery specific objectives 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target3.2.2 Decision making processes 60-79 60-79 60-79 ≥80 ≥80 60-79 On Target3.2.3 Compliance and enforcement <60 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target3.2.4 Research plan ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target3.2.5 Management performance evaluation <60 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 ≥80 On Target

10 7 5 2 0 29 6 8 8 4 8

11 17 17 20 26 200.52 0.67 0.70 0.80 0.93 0.80

Total number of PIs equal to or greater than 80Overall BMT Index

Ecosystem

3

Governance and Policy

Fishery specific management

system

Total number of PIs less than 60Total number of PIs 60-79

2

Managed species

Unmanaged species

ETP species

Habitats

1

Outcome

Management

NEXT STEPS

• Continue to sample discards and ETP interactions

• Continue to lobby for improved harvest control rule (for all species) and explain MSC requirements

₋ Presentation from French MSC-certified sardine fishery planned for January who dealt with same issue

• Continue to build connections and facilitate communication

• Working to bring more vessel owners into the FIP