Transcript Fishery Improvement Projects

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WWF Fishery Improvement
Projects
Jesse Marsh
Program Officer
WWF-US Sustainable Seafood Initiative
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Bali workshop June 2009
 Goals:
 Identify MSC units of certification for the swimming crab,
snapper/grouper, tuna, and mollusk fisheries in Indonesia,
Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam;
 Prioritize which of these fisheries should complete an MSC
pre-assessment;
 Understand how to effectively and efficiently conduct preassessments at a large scale while addressing the dispersed
geography of fisheries in Southeast Asia; and
 Develop a shared understanding about the value of strategic
fishery assessments against the MSC standard as a tool for
making progress on ecosystem based fisheries management in
Southeast Asia.
WWF’s Sustainable Seafood Initiative
Develop seafood
company
commitments
Fishery specific work
 MSC certification
projects
 Pre-assessments
 Full assessments
 Fishery improvement
projects
Fishery Improvement Projects
 Stepwise approach to MSC
certification
 Technical advice from
consultants
 Partner with local
stakeholders to develop and
implement FIP
 Essential that goals and
results are measurable
Engaging with Seafood Businesses
Seafood sourcing
strategy
MSC certified
fisheries / MSC
full assessment
Existing FIPs
New FIPs
Major Buyers
Corporate offices
Fishery Projects
Compare the fishery to
the MSC standard (preassessment)
Fishery Improvement
Project
MSC Full Assessment
Incur Costs
Require Time
Partner Capacity
MSC Full Assessment
MSC preassessment
FIP scoping
FIP stakeholder
meeting +
workplan
development
Implementation
FIP Scoping Document
 Developed by certification body/consultant
 Strategy for next steps at the indicator level
Likely to pass: Low Priority
Likely to pass with conditions: Medium Priority
Likely to fail: High Priority
FIP Stakeholder Meeting
 2-day meeting to develop
draft FIP workplan
 Stakeholders include:
 Government, industry
(fishers, processors, etc.),
NGOs, scientists
 Certification
body/consultant facilitates
and guides development
of workplan
Follow-up from Stakeholder Meeting
 Revise draft workplan with stakeholders
 Certification body/consultant links each activity in the
workplan to specific performance indicators
 Certification body/consultant writes “action plan”
based on discussion/activities from stakeholder
meeting
Implementation
Stakeholder
engagement
Commitment
to move
forward
Resources
Review and Monitor