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Costa Rica large pelagics - longline and green stick (FIP)

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Progress Rating: A

Evaluation Start Date: 2019-04-15

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Active

FIP Lead: Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (INCOPESCA), National Sustainable Fishery Platform for large pelagic (NSFP), Cámara Nacional de Exportadores de Productos Pesqueros y Acuícolas (CANEPP) (CNEPPA), Organizaciones Pesqueras del Sector Palangrero Nacional (OPSPN), Frumar SA, Costa Rica / Nicaragua (FSCRN), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Cámara Nacional de la Industria Palangrera (CNIP), EcoPacific Plus (EP), Mar Profundo (MP), Cámara de Pescadores de Quepos (CPQ), Asociación de Palangreros de Cuajiniquil (APC)

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Common dolphinfish - Eastern Pacific Ocean
Swordfish - Northeast Pacific
Yellowfin tuna - Eastern Pacific Ocean

Comments:

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

1. FIP Development	Nov 18	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 26 November 2018 — MSC pre-assessment made public
2. FIP Launch	Apr 22	Confirmation of project participants 1 April 2022 — FIP has signed a MOU with Stanford University 15 April 2019 — FIP participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	Apr 19	Workplan made public 15 April 2019 — Workplan made public
3. FIP Implementation	Jul 22	FIP activities undertaken 1 July 2022 — Article published illustrating and helping to supporting the need for a continuous data collection and monitoring system methodology 4 March 2022 — Rapid characterization of the fishery has been completed; interaction with sea turtles has been identified 1 November 2021 — A progress report of the EAFISH model analysis for leatherback sea turtle was presented at the 10th Meeting of the IATTC Working Group on Bycatch 1 September 2021 — The research project 'Genomic characterization of the populations of dorado in the Eastern Pacific Ocean' has been expanded to Ecuador and Peru and has now been completed. 1 September 2021 — The INCOPESCA database has been modified and the variable gear has been added to the database to include the green stick data 1 September 2021 — INCOPESCA is holding training sessions regarding implementing a training roadmap to improve data collection within three existing logbooks 14 May 2021 — INCOPESCA attended the 12th SAC meeting and the 97th IATTC to promote the development of studies that contribute to having better information on the dorado resource in the EPO. 1 January 2021 — A roadmap was developed by INCOPESCA for training captains and inspectors in improving data collection in the official logbooks 15 December 2020 — In December 2020, the 1st Technical Workshop on Swordfish in the Southern EPO was held 8 December 2020 — The PANT-CR 2020-2025 has been updated, consulted, presented, and now published 30 November 2020 — The IATTC held their 95th meeting at the end of November/ beginning of December 2020 1 July 2020 — The INCOPESCA Research Department has developed the first characterization of the Costa Rican medium and advanced scale fleet with data from 2015 to 2019 24 April 2020 — The regulation for the monitoring, control and surveillance of the national and foreign fleets was approved 1 January 2020 — Report produced on Golden age and growth (Coryphaena hippurus) captured by the long-fleet in waters of the costa rican pacfic
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Sep 21	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 2 September 2021 — The proposal "Reducing the bycatch-related impact on leatherback and other sea turtle species of the artisanal fisheries in the Pacific of Costa Rica and Panama" which was submitted by SUBMON and EcoPacific+, in coordination with INCOPESCA and the National Longline Sector, has been approved by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public