Implementation of a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) with the objective of obtaining MSC certification for the on-shore fishery in the province of Chubut, Argentina, in collaboration with the CeDePesca (Centro Desarrollo y Pesca Sustentable), a nonprofit organization that helps Latin American fisheries attain sustainability.
The pre-assessment ordered by our company Ristic GmbH in 2015 led to the creation of a Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP), with all partners, CeDePesca and the government involved in order to address the weaknesses that were identified.
Objectives of the FIP:
The fishery addressed by the on-shore FIP comprises a fleet of coastal vessels of length less than 21m. The vessels use bottom-trawl nets along the coastal waters of the province of Chubut, in the south of Argentina, mainly in the Restricted Fishing Effort Zone between Punta León and Cabo Dos Bahías (see fishery location map above). This coastal fleet has Rawson Port as its landing point and it conducts daily fishing trips from October to March.
During a stakeholder and press information meeting at the SEG in Brussels, CedePesca highlighted the progress and achievements in the fishery improvement projects. Important is the federal and Chubut province government’s commitment to implementing a fishery management plan, including a harvest strategy. This will enable the fishery to enter MSC assessment end of 2018.
For more detail on the achievements, please consult the CeDePesca website.
For all progress and current status updates, please consult
Implementation of a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) with the objective of obtaining MSC certification for the off-shore fishery in the regional waters of Argentina, in collaboration with the CeDePesca (Centro Desarrollo y Pesca Sustentable), a nonprofit organization that helps Latin American fisheries attain sustainability.
End 2015 the FIP partners decided to implement a fishery improvement plan based on the recommendations from the MSC pre-assessment conducted by independent certifier Bureau Veritas:
The off-shore fishery takes place in the San Jorge Gulf in the south of Argentina (provinces of Chubut and Santa Cruz), the Chubut provincial waters up to Rawson and national waters between 42° and 47°S. The fleet consists of vessels with a length of > 21m.
During a stakeholder and press information meeting at the SEG in Brussels, CedePesca highlighted the progress and achievements in the fishery improvement projects. Important is the federal and Chubut province government’s commitment to implementing a fishery management plan, including a harvest strategy. This will enable the fishery to enter MSC assessment end of 2018.For more detail on the achievements, please consult the CeDePesca website.
For all progress and current status updates, please consult
Setting up a fishery improvement project for a specific shrimp fishery in India, by making use of the MSC framework.
This project is a sub-project of a 3 year sustainability project for which German retailer ALDI Süd and DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft) contracted Ristic GmbH. The total project will be managed and implemented by Shore and coordinated by Bluesensus sustainability consultant Udo Censkowsky. In addition to the FIP, the project includes mangrove restoration projects in Costa Rica and India, mangrove-shrimp farming and a social project in Costa Rica.
Partners in this project are:
Alcom Exim
Project coordinator
The fish area for this FIP will be Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu, India.
The Flower Shrimp fishery in India was selected, with the support the regional processors.
The project idea was presented to Indian stakeholders
The project is linked with the sustainable fisheries initiative of CMFRI, WWF India and MSC.
An independent pre-assessment based on the MSC template has been concluded by Dr. Paul Medley.
An action plan is to defined with clear milestones to improve information, observer program (obtain catch profile), code of conduct for the fleet, review stock assessment, harvest strategy, ETP species management, habitat & ecosystem…
The pre-assessement report and action plan will be uploaded on the www.fisheryprogress.org website.