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New Zealand Auckland Island Arrow Squid (FIP)

Status: Inactive

FIP Lead: Deepwater Group (DG)

Comments:

FIP discontinued by FIP lead. FIP now inactive

1. FIP Development	Sep 09	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 1 September 2009 — 2009 Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) undertook a confidential pre-assessment of SQU1T against the MSC Fisheries Standard
2. FIP Launch	Mar 15	Confirmation of project participants 1 March 2015 — FIP participants identified
2. FIP Launch	Jul 16	Workplan made public 1 July 2016 — Improvement Plan with remedial tasks updated (2016) 1 April 2015 — Remedial management actions and respective timeline 2015-2019
3. FIP Implementation	Jun 15	FIP activities undertaken 1 June 2015 — Promoting acceptance of SQU1T stock assessment methods by Ministry for Primary Industries 1 June 2015 — Stock assessment trialled and results published
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Sep 17	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 1 September 2017 — Review and respond to stock status of ‘main’ bycatch species completed: links to papers reviewed listed in the DWG report (Dec 17) - url to plan see below 1 May 2017 — Operational Procedures: all vessels in the SQU 6T fishery operate in accordance with an agreed Vessel Operational Procedure which specifies mitigation methods and devices to be employed, real-time reporting requirements following any ETP species captures and avoidance actions to be taken consequent to ETP capture events 1 February 2017 — Analysis of fishery catch to identify ‘main’ primary and secondary species completed and results published
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public