MSC pre-assessment made public 

Participants confirmed 

Updated 2022 workplan

Workplan made public 

The Joint Fisheries Statement has been finalized and is awaiting publication

Project UK environmental sub-group meeting held to discuss ongoing communications with the Shark Trust; the groups continue to work together on outreach efforts. 

UK Scallop Steering Committee meeting held; the FMP and the consultation process were discussed.

DAERA conducted a consultation in N. Ireland and the report has been made available; DAERA has proposed to extend the use of iVMS to the >12m fleet

Low impact scallop gear trial is underway

Project UK submitted response to the draft Joint Fisheries Statement consultation

Steering committee meeting conducted; the Scottish government has opened a consultation period for the overview ot REM and its application

5th annual stock assessment published for 2020-2021

A new report has been made available on Seafish's mapping service project detailing all legislative restrictions in place

Defra put out a call for management proposals for the <12m and <15m scallop fleet to address latent capacity in the shellfish sector in England and to replace the Western Waters regime

The North Sea dredge survey was completed in 2021; reference points are currently in development

Project UK Steering Committee meeting held in September 2021; the FIP continues to form a clear deicision-making process

Marine Scotland Science has completed three observer surveys in 2021. Procedures have been revised due to covid. 

SICA workshop was held in spring of 2021 and the results were presented to the Steering Committee at the September meeting. Biological and physical indicators suggest that there are more than three ecosystems to consider in this fishery. Review and feedback is pending. 

A report detailing the reivew of alternate measures that minimize unwanted catch mortality in the fishery has been made available. 

Scallop action plan has been published

The FIP's mapping project is ongoing and has been able to map >12m fleet for Scottish waters and produce a habitat map

 An ETP interaction log has been created which logs any interaction with ETPs or Scottish Priority Marine Features

Scotland’s Fisheries Management Strategy 2020-2030 published; the strategy commits to Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) and vessel tracking technology to improve MPA compliance

Masters GIS-based risk assessment report finalized

Steering committee meeting held

The 2019 ICES Working Group Scallop report was published detailing their ToR (c); A list of data sources was collated from Northern Ireland (AFBI), Isle of Man (Bangor University), Wales (Bangor University), Ireland (Marine Institute) and Scotland (Marine Scotland)

Progress made with the MSC project developed on ETP list 

Steering Committee meeting held in June =

Progress has been made in understanding approaches for assessing both the discard rate and the survival rate of discarded scallops based on presentation by  Seafish

Increase to PI 2.2.3; - increase in information on scallop dredge survey conducted to better identify bycatch species. 

The Welsh government has implemented order 2022, No. 70 (W.26) that requires any fishing vessel vessel <12m operating in welsh waters to have a iVMS

Increase to PI 2.2.2 based on The Marine Scotland Science bycatch report thatt  has collated and analysed total catch data from scientific surveys, using both scientific dredge gear and commercial dredge gear. This information will be incorporated in the review of management measures. 

The UK Fisheries Act included provisions for the managment of the scallop fishery under the FIP (Nov 2020)