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Canada Atlantic cod (3PS) - longline/trawl/gillnet/hook & line (FIP)

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Last Updated: 2023-03-09

Progress Rating: A

Evaluation Start Date: 2017-10-10

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Active

FIP Lead: Atlantic Groundfish Council (AGC)

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Atlantic cod - St. Pierre Bank

Comments:

The FIP's last stage 4 was reported within the past 12 months. The FIP remains A rated.

1. FIP Development	Mar 16	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 22 March 2016 — MSC pre-assessment made public
2. FIP Launch	Aug 17	Confirmation of project participants 9 August 2017 — Participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	Dec 21	Workplan made public 22 December 2021 — Updated workplan made available 10 October 2017 — Workplan made public
3. FIP Implementation	Nov 22	FIP activities undertaken 28 November 2022 — The FIP conducted the final simulated testing for the draft rebuilding plan; measurable objectives, a rebuilding target and timeline, and performance metrics have been developed. 1 June 2022 — DFO published the stock assessment of NAFO subdivision 3Ps Cod 5 April 2022 — TAC decision for 2022/ 2023 released and remains unchanged from the 2021-2022 period. 10 January 2022 — The FIP's 3Ps cod rebuilding plan working group held a meeting at the beginning of 2022 to discuss proposed management objectives 1 July 2021 — Cod stock assessment published July 21' 1 February 2021 — DFO published “Science Guidelines to Support Development of Rebuilding Plans for Canadian Fish Stocks” 13 January 2021 — Atlantic Groundfish Council recommends rollover of total allowable catch for south coast cod 13 January 2021 — A technical briefiing has been prepared ahead of the release of the annual stock assesment 8 January 2020 — A modelling framework meeting including DFO and French scientists and independent reviewers to evaluate the appropriateness of a new stock assessment models for 3Ps cod - New model incorpated a broader range of data, including commercial landings to 1959, research surveys and sentinel fishery survey. 1 February 2019 — Annual stock assessment was undertaken in Oct 2018 published in 2019 1 March 2018 — Develop methodology to determine herring bait usage from reported landings of 3Ps cod by longline and hand-line fishing gears 1 March 2018 — A collaborative Framework Assessment project between DFO (Canada) and IFREMER (France) has been commenced for the jointly shared 3Ps cod stock. 1 December 2017 — Annual stock assessment for 3PS cod published
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	May 22	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 24 May 2022 — DFO has made the Conservation Harvesting Plan 2022-2023 available for the 3PS fishery 28 April 2022 — Fish Stock provisions under the Fisheries Act have come into force which places binding obligations on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to manage certain fish stocks sustainably, and to put rebuilding plans in place when stocks become depleted. 18 September 2020 — Increase in BMT score 2.3.3; Based on the very few observed harvester interactions (and mandatory release for broadhead and spotted wolffish), it is very likely the overall risk from the fixed gear fisheries is very low. 18 September 2020 — Increase in BMT score 2.3.3; The bycatch data for UoCs 1, 2 and 3 are representative of each component of the 3Ps cod fishery as a whole. 18 September 2020 — Increase in BMT score 2.1.3; The volumes of herring bait used likely meet the MSC requirements for consideration as a main (5%) primary species.
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public