MSC pre-assessment made available

Project participants confirmed

Workplan made public

The draft proposals for management measures have been made available encompassing management objectives, control rules, ecosystem impact strategies and provisions for monitoring and control.

A preliminary report of the  Private On-Board Observer Program (POAB) was produced detailing the level of discards by  the freezer fleet. 

A review of compliance measures was conducted; recommendations include promoting improvements in primary species management through monitoring and control efforts. 

A training workshop on the methodology for setting biological reference points was conducted by INIDEP.

The FIP held a virtual meeting to discuss the progress of research activities; the group shared plans for estimating reference points and presented a rough draft of the management plan to FIP partners. 

Historical and current sanctions data has been made available; 8 sanctions have been administered between 2019-2022.

Stock assessment for the pink cuskeel has been made available using data from 1980-2021

The monitoring commission of the Argentina hake fishery met  to discuss current management measures

Meeting held between CeDePesca and the INIDEP teams; capture control rules and limit biological reference points were highlighted.

Increase to PI score 3.2.3; Sanctions are actively enforced per the report from the National Fisheries Control and Inspection Directorate. Between 2019 and 2022, a total of eight sanctions were imposed, and there have been minimal violations over the last four years, suggesting a low likelihood of non-compliance.