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Canada redfish (Unit 1 & 2) - trawl (FIP)

Last Updated: 2023-08-15

Progress Rating: A

Evaluation Start Date: 2018-07-23

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Active

FIP Lead: Groundfish Enterprise Allocation Council (GEAC), Atlantic Groundfish Council (AGC)

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Acadian redfish - Gulf of St. Lawrence & Laurentian Channel
Beaked redfish - Gulf of St. Lawrence & Laurentian Channel

Comments:

The FIP has reactivated. The FIP has reported an analysis completed and published in March 2023 - the information highlights an increase in biomass of Unit 1 redfish.

1. FIP Development	Sep 17	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 13 September 2017 — MSC pre-assessment made public
2. FIP Launch	Nov 17	Confirmation of project participants 14 November 2017 — FIP participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	Oct 21	Workplan made public 18 October 2021 — Updated action workplan made available 23 July 2018 — Workplan made public
3. FIP Implementation	Sep 23	FIP activities undertaken 1 September 2023 — The FIP held a meeting with DFO to discuss ongoing progress including developing strategies for reopening the Unit 1 fishery, establishing a harvest strategy and bycatch management. 31 January 2023 — The FIP held a meeting with DFO to discuss Unit 1 & 2 HCR plans; AGC also presented stock-specific objectives commonly applied to other redfish stocks that may be appropriate for consideration 1 September 2022 — Stock status update published; estimated biomass and LRP have been updated 4 July 2022 — Footprint analysis of the Unit 1 & 2 redfish fishery has been conducted using datasets from landings mappings from 2014 to 2018; this analysis complements the spatial analysis and identifies potential overlap between fishery interaction and the bottom habitat and impacts 29 June 2022 — The FIP has sent a letter to DFO requesting feedback on the timing of the development of harvest strategy management measures 1 September 2021 — DFO commenced its consultation on the Unit 1 Redfish Fishery Access and Allocations 1 January 2020 — Assessments of the redfish stocks in Unit 1 & 2 were conducted in late January of 2020 and a SAR has been published 15 March 2019 — Assessments of the redfish stocks in Unit 1 & 2 in 2017 have been published and due to be discussed at the winter meeting (DFO) 2019 1 June 2018 — Results of the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) published
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Mar 23	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 1 March 2023 — The research paper Senay et al (2023) has been published and corroborates the 2022 stock assessment, confirming that the redfish Unit 1 stock experienced an increase in biomass. 1 September 2022 — The 2021 stock assessment was published highlighting an increase in biomass for the redfish stock. 1 March 2020 — Increase to P.I. 1.2.4; stock assessment model in place is sufficient to further harvest strategy management 2 October 2019 — Re scoring of MSC PI 1.2.3. score has resulted in an increase in score based on the increase in information resulting from monitoring by observers 2 October 2019 — Scoring has been adjusted to >80. DFO. 2018. Units 1+2 Redfish Management Strategy Evaluation. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2018/033 - showing an increase in MSC PI score 1.1.2.
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public