sfp reduction sector briefing april 2013, london

SFP Reduction Sector Briefing

April 2013, London

Agenda / Content

• Reduction Sector Group

• Introductions

• SFP Institutions / Platforms

• Global Sustainability Overview of South American and Atlantic Fish Stocks Used for Fishmeal and Fish Oil

• Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM)

• SE Asia / Mixed trawl shrimp

Agenda / Content

• SFP European Fish Meal and Oil Users Group

• SFP NE Atlantic Small Pelagic FIPs

• Northern Blue Whiting

• North Sea Sprat

• North Sea Sandeel

• Baltic Sea Sprat

SFP Platforms / Institutions

Seafood Sector Groups

Global - explore sustainability landscape, share experiences and best practices, review status of sector supply, assess the FIP landscape

Supplier Roundtables

Regional / fishery segment - encourage the formation and effective performance of FIPs, can provide specific support to groups of FIPs, can (should?) spread the workload with peer groups (+ competitors)

FIPs / AIPs

FIP implementation, operation and reporting. Stakeholder consultation, identify and source funding / resources.

Reduction Sector Group / Supplier Roundtables

SFP Annual Evaluation of Reduction Fisheries:

EU Commissioner Damanaki commenting (on the SFP report / SFP European Fish Meal and Oil Users Group) :

” “It is paramount for members of the supply chain to have tools for monitoring the situation and engaging actively in improvements to source fisheries.”

Global Sustainability Overview of South American and Atlantic Fish

Stocks Used for Fishmeal and Fish Oil

2013

Support from

EWOS, Skretting and Biomar

Background

The overview focuses on the 28 principal reduction fish

stocks around the Atlantic and South America,

rated according to the sustainability assessment

presented on FishSource (www.fishsource.com).

Draft version –

- stakeholder consultation

- application and use

FishSource scores

Score 1 - Is management precautionary?

Score 2 - Do fishery managers follow scientific advice?

Score 3 - Do fishers comply?

Score 4 - Is the stock biomass healthy?

Score 5 - Will the stock be healthy in the future?

CATEGORY SCORING (A – C)

Category A - All scores ≥ 8

Category B1 - All other scores ≥ 6, biomass ≥ 8

Category B2 - All other scores ≥ 6, biomass <8

Category C - One or more scores < 6

Atlantic & South America Global Sustainability Overview

Atlantic & South America Reduction Fisheries

Changes in Specific Stocks 2010 – 2011

Atlantic & South American Reduction Fisheries Stock Comments FIP lead? Progress?

European pilchard – NW

Africa central stock

Scientific advice has been

ignored, public

information is out-dated

and illegal fishing is

considered severe

None n/a

Lesser sandeel – Dogger

Bank area

A formal management

plan has yet to be

implemented. Catches in

2011 were almost two

times the final TAC for

this management area

EU Fishmeal &

Oil Users

Group

Insufficient

progress

Lesser sandeel – SE North

Sea

Set TAC in 2012 was

reduced considerably

resulting in catches 60%

higher than TAC

EU Fishmeal &

Oil Users

Group

Insufficient

progress

Atlantic horse mackerel – NE

Atlantic western stock

No biomass reference

points defined since

2010. Fishing mortality

has been increasing and

currently above Fmsy.

TAC set in 2013 is well

above (45%) advised

levels

None n/a

Atlantic & South American Reduction Fisheries

Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM)

SFP will help promote EBFM globally by:

• Documenting best practices that have already been applied with success in other fisheries and regions.

• Engaging the seafood supply chain to encourage priority fisheries to adopt best practices in EBFM and enhance fisheries performance.

• Communicating the lessons learned in fisheries that adopt EBFM practices and continuing to encourage adoption worldwide.


SFP Benthic Protection Best Practices Report 2012

In preparation (due May / June 2013 – ASDA sponsored)

• SFP Best Practices Report: Minimizing and managing the impacts of bycatch on protected, endangered, and threatened species


In preparation

(due May / June 2013 – ASDA sponsored)

• SFP Best Practices Report: Conserving Food Webs and Managing Fishing Impacts on Marine Food Webs

Fish meal

production in SE

Asia – wild harvest

issues

SE Asia Mixed Trawl – shrimp feed


REBYCII – project run by FAO to improve management of trawl fisheries – one source of fish meal

FIPs – SFP creating Fishery Improvement Projects for some fisheries

APFIC commitments – Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission focus on solving trawl issues

RS Improver Scheme – methodological issues


REBYCII

LOAs signed with countries, first funds transferred, and national project teams established.

Country based stakeholder meetings have been conducted. In the case of Vietnam the government is meeting with fish meal producer in Kien Giang province

Progress and next steps

• FIPs

• Visit made to Vietnam to discuss Ben Tre province (put forward by Morrisons UK) with companies, MARD and World Bank.

• Financial support has been offered – mainly UK but one so far from Thailand.

• Trip planned to Thailand to discuss with government and industry.

• Stakeholder committees to be established

• Fishery assessments to be conducted


• APFIC commitments

• Will be following this up at FAO meeting later in April 2013

• SFP has had a paper on risk based management of trawl fisheries accepted for publication

• currently being edited as per reviewers’suggestions.


IFFO RS Improvers Scheme

• Has been awaiting establishment of FIPs and

• Method development.

• the fishery assessment method rejigged to handle multispecies fisheries

• the fishery assessments that underpin the FIP plans need to funded and based on IFFO system

• Catalyse FAO interest

• Pilot the FIPs thru the program

• Active involvement from IFFO

sfp reduction sector briefing april 2013, london

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