MSC pre-assement made available

FIP Participant list

Participants confirmed

Workplan made public

Email correspondence from OSP on the Jan 2023 enforcement efforts; over 175 hours were dedicated to enforcement of regulations between Jan 13th- Jan 31st.

ODFW is in the process of producing an assessment of in-house crab fishery bycatch data collected during pre-season and in-season trips;  ODFW collected bycatch data on 12 preseason test trips in this reporting period

The 2021-2022 Dungeness crab fishery newsletter has been published; ODFW has included a summary of the continued efforts in 2022 to develop a Conservation Plan

OEAC have made recommendations public with feedback on best practices to reduce entanglements of whales, turtles and other marine life.

Enforcement and compliance data provided by OSP for the 2021-2022 season; 4 illegal fishing violations have been issued in addition to 10 warnings and 6 citations related to logbook compliance.

A stakeholder advisory group has been re-initiated by ODFW which is now called the Oregon Entanglement Advisory Committee (OEAC). 

Oregon Dungeness crab fishery commercial landings made available for 1978- 2021

OSU has finalized the development of species distribution models for humpback, blue and fin whales. 

Article published highlighting the implementation of the dungeness crab FMP

FIP continues to process and assess data acquired from ROV video transects of various seafloor habitats; report of progress has been made available

Oregon state police provided an update on illegal activities taking place in marine reserves; since November 2021, there have been several warnings and citations issued

FIP has organized recent implementation into an outlined progress update; FIP is working towards a project which will build and test an integrated vessel tracking e-logbook system 

ODFW monthly newsletter for December 2021 made available; fishing citations are reported in the newsletter each month

FIP finalized a draft version of the FMP and presented the plan to the OFWC; OFWC continues to process public comments until the FMP is finalized

ODCC is working with ODFW to explore options for having an external review of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Fishery Management Plan completed before August 2025

Public comment draft of the Conservation plan for reducing the impact of the Oregon ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery on ESA-listed species off Oregon.

FIP created document to highlight recent overall action progress

Table published showing enforcement effort directed on the commercial crab fishery by year and area from 2016-2021

Letter of support sent June 2021 by the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission asking for industry identify and support a MSC pre-assessment for the Washington State coastal Dungeness crab fishery

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department (OFWD) has provided progress update; FIP continues to actively process and enter crab logbook data

FIP has agreed to continue to work with Professor Shanks from the University of Oregon to develop an index of Dungeness crab stock status

OFWD has put forth strategies to obtain and assess data acquired from ROVs 

The Oregon Dungeness Crab Comission has been working with the Oregon Whale Entanglement Working Group on the co-occurrence between whales and crab fishing effort in Oregon

Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission meeting publlished on May of 2020. 

The Fishery Managment Plan for the US Dungeness crab has been finalized and published

Increase to PI 3.1.3. & 3.2.1.; The FMP has fishery-specific and long-term objectives in place 

Increase to PI 3.2.4; regular internal reviews conducted on management performance are in place