SFP reduction fisheries white paper 

Fishery profile on FishSource June 2008 North Lesser sand-eel - North Sea global profile 2011 profile update with 3 stock profiles: Lesser sand-eel - Dogger Bank area Lesser sand-eel - SE North Sea Lesser sand-eel - Central Eastern North Sea. 

FIP Participants:

• EWOS
• BIOMAR
• Skretting

Created SFP European Fishmeal and Oil Users Group

FIP North Sea sandeel workplan detailed available:

https://www.sustainablefish.org/fisheries-improvement/small-pelagics/north-sea-sandeel/FIP_Workplan_North_sea_sandeels_v5.pdf

• 2011 July – September Letter to the European Commission advocating better management and data collection
• 2011 October – December Third meeting of the SFP European Fishmeal and Oil Users Group
• 2012 January – March Created SFP Advisory Note, which summarized the status of the stock and improvement needs for the fishery and provides improvement recommendations Summary workplan available publicly
• 2012 April – June Fourth meeting of the SFP European Fishmeal and Oil Users Group July – September Detailed workplan available publicly
• 2013 April – June Fifth meeting of the SFP European Fishmeal and Oil Users Group
• 2015 SFP suspended the North Sea Sandeel FIP due to lack of supply chain interest because of low harvest volume and the difficulty of distinguishing between fish from different management areas in the supply chain.