Pre-assessment is currently published 

Participants confirmed 

2019-2021 workplan

Workplan published 

The FIP has implemented an internal agreement to continue fishing and using gear that have negative impacts on the ecosystem and through the mitigation of ghost gear.

The FIP held a meeting to discuss ongoing progress and activities; preliminary population data has been presented to the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute.

The FIP has submitted a draft manuscript on the interaction of impacts of the handline and trap fishery on the habitat for publication.

Finfish fishery population analysis carried out; goldspotted sand bass (30.64%), yellowtail amberjack (27.28%) and ocean whitefish (13.93%) were identified as the major species in the catch and 89.20% of the catch corresponds to the five target species of the FIP.

A spatial analysis was conducted to identify potential gear impacts to the fishery; the analysis results determined low ecosystem impact and no interactions with vulnerable habitats are occurring

PSA conducted to estimate the vulnerability of fish, elasmobranch and invertebrate species of commercial interest; the susceptibility among all the evaluated species (531) was high for 47 invertebrates (9%), 37 bony fishes (7%), and seven elasmobranches (1%).

Stock assessment has been conducted; a draft version has been made available

Collaboration agreement between COBI and Inapesca made available; COBI shares the information on the fishing and biological monitoring, carried out by the fishers, with the Institute.

Logbook analysis performed on the catch percentage of the FIP's main 5 species caught with handline gear.

Data collection is ongoing; the  study of reproductive biology of the Ocean whitefish has been concluded

Protocol for monitoring by-catch and habitat impacts has been developed

Meetings with fishermen for training on log book recording held and names of fishermen provided 

In June 2018,  fishing logbooks for El Rosario, Baja California were presented validated and a collaborative work plan between COBI and INAPESCA developed including plan for a technical report in Dec 2018

Fishery logbook analysis completed for the data from 2016-2017

Increase to PI score 2.2.2; Three-year audit conducted. Current gear selectivity likely does not hinder the rebuilding of main secondary species and the UoA likely does not hinder their recovery.

Increase to PI 2.2.3; Three-year audit conducted. There is adequate information available to assess the productivity and susceptibility attributes for the main secondary species and support their management strategy.

Increase in MSC PI score 1.2.3. - information collected by the fishers is presented and will be used in the stock assessment

Increase to PI 2.5.3; fishing logbooks indicate a low percentage of bycatch and habitat impacts using handlines traps

BMT score 2.3.2 increase; The NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010 is a strategy established by SEMARNAT for the management of all ETP species native to Mexico and guarantees that the UoA does not hinder the recovery of ETP specie

BMT score 2.1.2 increase; There are stablished control rules, seasonal catch limitation, weekend closures, gear regulations, and a monitoring program in place to evaluate the impact of the fishery

BMT score 2.2.2 increase; There are no main secondary species for the handline finfish fishery in El Rosario, BC

BMT score 2.5.3 increase; Trophic structures have not been studied in this area, but studies in nearby areas of the Gulf of California provide an overview of trophic relationships in the UoAs (1 and 2) area

BMT score 2.1.3. increase; Commercial fisheries landings and effort are monitored for all small pelagic species (industrial fleet), providing some quantitative information on the amount of Pacific sardine taken

BMT score 3.1.2 increase; LGPAS explicitly describes the roles and responsibilities of most of the agencies (CONAPESCA, INAPESCA, local authorities) and stakeholders involved the in the fisheries management system and establishes the form of coordination with other Federal, State, and municipal entities

BMT score 2.4.2 increase; The UoAs (1 and 2) operating in the El Rosario are not considered to pose a risk of serious or irreversible harm to habitat types.

BMT score 2.5.2 increase; For the UoAs (1 and 2), data obtained from the fishing logbooks show the selectivity of the fishing gear, the low catch of primary, secondary and ETP species

BMT score 2.3.3 increase; There is no interaction with ETP species in the UoAs (1 and 2) and information is adequate to measure trends and support a partial strategy to manage impacts on ETP species for the future

Fishery Monitoring Programme making good progress with an increasing information base on fishery and the biology of the species from logbooks, analysis likely  increase in information PI score. Refer to Task 1.3., 1.4. and 1.5 outputs under Action: Fisheries Monitoring Program

Increase to PI 2.1.1; Three-year audit conducted. Gear selectivity has limited to no significant impact on primary species not used as bait.

BMT score 2.2.1 increase; There are no main secondary species for the handline finfish fishery in El Rosario, BC.

BMT score 2.3.1 increase; The UoAs 1 and 2 (ocean whitefish, California sheephead, barred sand bass, starry rockfish and vermilion rockfish) have no impact on the ETP species component.

BMT score 2.5.1 increase;  The target species are not likely overfished, the unwanted catch is likely minimal, there are no interactions with ETP species and little contact of the gear with the seafloor- impacts of the fishery on key ecossystem elements are null.