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Mexico El Rosario and Isla de Cedros finfish - trap/handline (FIP)

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Progress Rating: A

Evaluation Start Date: 2018-03-04

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Active

FIP Lead: Comunidad y Biodiversidad AC (COBI)

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Ocean whitefish - NW Mexico
Barred sand bass - Eastern Pacific Mexico

Comments:

FIP remains A rated- stage 4 activity reported within the last 12 months.

1. FIP Development	Dec 17	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 21 December 2017 — Pre-assessment is currently published
2. FIP Launch	Aug 17	Confirmation of project participants 29 August 2017 — Participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	Feb 19	Workplan made public 28 February 2019 — 2019-2021 workplan 4 March 2018 — Workplan published
3. FIP Implementation	Nov 22	FIP activities undertaken 8 November 2022 — 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. 1 November 2022 — 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 15 July 2022 — 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%). 16 May 2022 — Stock assessment has been conducted; a draft version has been made available 1 November 2021 — 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. 1 November 2021 — Logbook analysis performed on the catch percentage of the FIP's main 5 species caught with handline gear. 1 May 2021 — Data collection is ongoing; the study of reproductive biology of the Ocean whitefish has been concluded 1 November 2019 — Protocol for monitoring by-catch and habitat impacts has been developed 1 November 2018 — Meetings with fishermen for training on log book recording held and names of fishermen provided 1 November 2018 — 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 31 July 2018 — Fishery logbook analysis completed for the data from 2016-2017
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	May 22	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 16 May 2022 — Increase in MSC PI score 1.2.3. - information collected by the fishers is presented and will be used in the stock assessment 20 May 2021 — Increase to PI 2.5.3; fishing logbooks indicate a low percentage of bycatch and habitat impacts using handlines traps 19 May 2020 — 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 19 May 2020 — 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. 19 May 2020 — 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 19 May 2020 — 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 19 May 2020 — 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 19 May 2020 — BMT score 2.2.2 increase; There are no main secondary species for the handline finfish fishery in El Rosario, BC 19 May 2020 — 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 19 May 2020 — 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 19 May 2020 — 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 1 November 2019 — 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
5. Improvements on the Water	May 20	Verifiable improvement on the water 19 May 2020 — 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. 19 May 2020 — 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. 19 May 2020 — BMT score 2.2.1 increase; There are no main secondary species for the handline finfish fishery in El Rosario, BC.
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public