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Hawaii bigeye tuna and swordfish - longline (FIP)

Last Updated: 2019-04-10

Evaluation Start Date: 2015-02-01

Type: Basic

Status: Inactive

FIP Lead: Hawaii Seafood Council (HSC), The Sustainability Incubator (TSI), Hawaii Longline Association (HLA)

Stock Profile Link
Swordfish - Northwest Pacific
Bigeye tuna - Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Swordfish - Northeast Pacific

Comments:

FIP has been made inactive. FIP was made in active for two missed reports on FP in August 2019. No further reports on FIP activity reported to date.

1. FIP Development	Aug 14	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 20 August 2014 — MSC pre-assessment updated 1 January 2013 — Summary of MSC pre-assessment conducted in 2013 1 January 2009 — Summary of findings from MSC pre-assessment's conducted in 2009
2. FIP Launch	May 14	Confirmation of project participants 31 May 2014 — FIP participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	May 16	Workplan made public 31 May 2016 — Workplan made public 1 February 2015 — Workplan and progress made mublic
3. FIP Implementation	Nov 17	FIP activities undertaken 3 November 2017 — Earlier in 2017 the longline fleet and Hawaii Fish Auction implemented a transparent universal work contract for foreign crew members. The vessel owners took up a code of conduct for safe labor. The new system was audited by Underwriters Laboratory in November 2017 on behalf of Costco. 14 November 2016 — Implement a universal contract for the fleet and strike a Task Force to investigate and improve working conditions for crew. 13 October 2015 — Pursue spatially explicit management measures for Pacific bigeye tuna. 1 August 2014 — Improvements in 2009 pre-assessment score. Fishery is improved with new rules to reduce overfishing. 1 May 2013 — Improvements in 2009 pre-assessment scores. Engagement of fisheries scientists in the evaluation
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Jul 18	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 1 July 2018 — Hawaii code of conduct for socially responsible fisheries was implemented in May 2018 and the code of conduct was finalized and implemented May to July 2018 2 August 2017 — 2017 updated bigeye tuna stock assessment with additional spatial component and improved stock status. 1 August 2014 — New rules to reduce overfishing. 1 May 2013 — Management regime clarified for species without stock assessments
5. Improvements on the Water	Aug 17	Verifiable improvement on the water 2 August 2017 — Improvement in Bigeye tuna biomass. No longer overfished or undergoing overfishing. 1 August 2014 — Increase in MSC outcome scores 1.1.2 and 2.2.1
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public