WWF Fishery Improvement Projects

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Jesse MarshProgram Officer

WWF-US Sustainable Seafood Initiative

Bali workshop June 2009

Goals: Identify MSC units of certification for the swimming crab,

snapper/grouper, tuna, and mollusk fisheries in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam;

Prioritize which of these fisheries should complete an MSC pre-assessment;

Understand how to effectively and efficiently conduct pre-assessments at a large scale while addressing the dispersed geography of fisheries in Southeast Asia; and

Develop a shared understanding about the value of strategic fishery assessments against the MSC standard as a tool for making progress on ecosystem based fisheries management in Southeast Asia.

WWF’s Sustainable Seafood Initiative

Develop seafood company commitments

Fishery specific work MSC certification

projects Pre-assessments Full assessments Fishery improvement

projects

Fishery Improvement Projects

Stepwise approach to MSC certification

Technical advice from consultants

Partner with local stakeholders to develop and implement FIP

Essential that goals and results are measurable

Engaging with Seafood Businesses

Major Buyers

Corporate offices

Compare the fishery to the MSC standard (pre-

assessment)MSC Full Assessment

MSC Full Assessment

Fishery Improvement Project

Incur CostsRequire TimePartner Capacity

Fishery Projects

FIP Scoping Document

Developed by certification body/consultant Strategy for next steps at the indicator level

Likely to pass: Low Priority

Likely to pass with conditions: Medium Priority

Likely to fail: High Priority

FIP Stakeholder Meeting

2-day meeting to develop draft FIP workplan

Stakeholders include: Government, industry

(fishers, processors, etc.), NGOs, scientists

Certification body/consultant facilitates and guides development of workplan

Follow-up from Stakeholder Meeting

Revise draft workplan with stakeholders Certification body/consultant links each activity in the

workplan to specific performance indicators Certification body/consultant writes “action plan” based

on discussion/activities from stakeholder meeting

Implementation

Review and Monitor