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Morocco sardine - pelagic trawl and seine / Maroc sardine - chalut pélagique et senne (FIP)

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Progress Rating: A

Evaluation Start Date: 2014-12-01

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Active

FIP Lead: Lovering Foods (LF), Jo Gascoigne (JG), Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche Maritime (MPM)

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European pilchard - NW Africa southern
European pilchard - NW Africa central

1. FIP Development	Sep 15	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 1 September 2015 — Update evaluation reports - Summary of sustainability evaluation for fishery 29 October 2014 — Sustainability evaluation in relation to the MSC standard
2. FIP Launch	Apr 15	Confirmation of project participants 17 April 2015 — FIP MoU updated - updated version of 2015 agreement 17 April 2015 — FIP MoU updated - updated version of 2014 agreement 1 November 2014 — First FIP participant agreement
2. FIP Launch	Jan 19	Workplan made public 25 January 2019 — 2019 workplan 12 December 2017 — Workplan for 2018 (version not yet approved by Comite de Pilotage) 1 February 2016 — Annual workplan 2016-2017 public available 1 December 2014 — Overall work plan with activities, timeframe and status available
3. FIP Implementation	Oct 19	FIP activities undertaken 1 October 2019 — A technical review of the stock assessment was completed by Dr Robin Cooke 25 July 2019 — The 13th Morocco sardine meeting was held 1 July 2019 — A Marine Stewardship Council meeting was held in January on LTL requirements 1 June 2019 — A Marine Stewardship Council meeting was held in June to discuss the potential certification of this fishery 1 July 2018 — An EcoPath model has been prepared, adjusted and calibrated for 2010 and 2014 data for the South stock, and for 2012 for the North stock, to conduct the Key LTL Analysis. 1 September 2016 — FIP participants participating in consultations on management plans and rebuilding of stocks 18 April 2016 — 2016 Workplan with activities completed to date. 1 November 2015 — Evaluate if sardines are key LTL in this ecosystem 1 January 2015 — Collect data from Moroccan vessels on discards and ETP interactions 1 January 2015 — Put in place harvest control rules which are responsive to the state of all small pelagic stocks 1 January 2015 — Analysis of existing observer data 1 January 2015 — Put in place harvest control rules for each target stock which are responsive to the state of the stock 1 January 2015 — Data collection programme
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Aug 18	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 1 August 2021 — FIP marked as 'completed' on FisheryProgress...as FIP is proceeding with entering MSC full assessment 1 August 2018 — The catch limit set for seiners and RSW trawlers 31 July 2018 — Increase in PI scores 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 reported 11 May 2017 — Data from the data collection programme published: discard rates are minimal (<<5%) for both gear types and interactions with ETP species are rarely observed. 1 September 2015 — Data collection system in place – data being collected from selected vessels 1 January 2015 — Management plan for stocks A+B finalised and publicly available.
5. Improvements on the Water	Jan 20	Verifiable improvement on the water 29 January 2020 — Increase in BMT score 1.1.1. -- the analysis with the Bescapement approach had showed good results on biomass status and once incorporated into management means that MSC’s key LTL requirements will be met 13 February 2019 — increase in MSC PI score 2.1.1 1 June 2018 — Increase in PI scores 2.3.1. and 2.2.1 in 2018 - secondary species are identified and the interaction with ETP species is negligible
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public