MSC pre-assment made public

Participant list confirmed

Updated 2021 workplan

Workplan made public 

The FIP's position statement has been circulated ahead of the 100th IATTC annual meeting held in 2022.

The FIP has held a series of recent meetings to discuss and build upon the harvest strategy; The IWG has recently provided consultation on the South Pacific albacore harvest strategy workplan. 

Skipper training workshop held on ETP species; presentation from workshop available

The revised 'Indicative Workplan for the Adoption of Harvest Strategies under CMM 2014-06' was adopted at the 18th regular session of the WCPFC

The Tawian fishing authority replied to the FIP's position statement noting that they are willing to actively cooperate

The TFA has sent out two position statements regarding both the IATTC annual meeting and the WCPFC annual meeting. 

FIP has added an addendum to the pre-assessment and workplan

Aggregated observer data drafted into a summary of catch percentages made available

Meeting held with TFA and the Overseas Fishery Development Council

Catch data has been aggregated for a three year period and the pre-assessment has been updated

A WCPFC advocacy letter has been drafted

The FIP sent a position statement to the IATTC ahead of the annual meeting advocating for stock status and rebuilding for EPO bigeye and yellowfin tunas.

A shark finning and turtle policy has been agreed upon by all FIP participants and is now being implemented onboard vessels

Increase to PI 2.3.3; Three-year audit conducted. While at-sea monitoring occurs at low levels in some years, the average proportion of hooks observed is above 5% annually for vessels participating in the FIP, for the years 2019-2022.

Increase to PI 3.2.4; Three-year audit conducted. In addition to the IATTC having established review mechanisms outlined in their conventions, Taiwan is undergoing internal and external reviews leading to legislative changes to enhance fisheries regulations and penalties for violations.

ETP management/plan strategy has been developed to address by-catch issues. 

Increase to PI 1.1.1; Three-year audit conducted. A new approach was adopted in 2022 to assess the stock status of EPO bigeye and yellowfin, utilizing a benchmark assessment as the foundation for a risk analysis. The outcome of this analysis indicated a high likelihood that the stock status is above the PRI and is approximately at or near the level consistent with MSY. 

Increase to PI 2.3.1; Three-year audit conducted. The observer and monitoring data available offer some insights into assessing the fishery's known direct impacts on ETP species. However, there are no records of ETP retention therefore, the information available is insufficient to determine that the fishery's direct effects are unlikely to hinder ETP recovery.