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Mexico Pacific shrimp - bottom trawl (discontinued) (FIP)

Status: Inactive

FIP Lead: Promarex SA De CV (PSDC), Pesca Responsable y Comercio Justo (PRCJ), MHMR International (MI)

Stock Profile Link
Yellowleg shrimp - Sonora
Yellowleg shrimp - Upper Gulf of California
Whiteleg shrimp - Sinaloa-Nayarit
Blue shrimp - Upper Gulf of California
Blue shrimp - Sonora
Blue shrimp - Sinaloa-Nayarit

Comments:

FIP tracker not publised.FIP tracker based on info uploaded to FS and Fisheryprogress..but FIP profile not public on FPand FIP participants joined the Ocean Gardens/Meridian Products shrimp FIP

** FisheryProgress did not keep a report of this FIP!

1. FIP Development	Nov 13	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 1 November 2013 — MSC pre-assessment update (2013)
2. FIP Launch	Jan 09	Confirmation of project participants 1 January 2009 — List of participants is publicly available
2. FIP Launch	Jan 12	Workplan made public 1 January 2012 — Workplan available
3. FIP Implementation	Sep 16	FIP activities undertaken 1 September 2016 — Using bycatch reduction devices 1 September 2014 — Requesting to regulators/policy makers to publish the annual updates of the Stock status reports 1 November 2012 — Information requests to CONAPESCA on violations report and VMS data 1 July 2012 — Training of FIP participants in the use of BRDs by fishery experts 1 January 2012 — Six companies sign agreement on control documents and two companies agree to utilise the document
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Jul 16	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 1 July 2016 — CONAPESCA announced an onboard observers program for the industrial shrimp fishery to be implemented in the coming season, which starts in the third quarter of 2016 1 February 2016 — NOAA mission certified the TED program of the Mexican shrimp fleet as comparable to that implemented in the US 1 January 2014 — Audit protocol to control documents developed and tested with producers and suppliers 1 January 2014 — Audits to control documents conducted 1 October 2012 — CONAPESCA made publicly available the 2011 “Fishing in prohibited zone” reports generated by vessel monitoring systems (VMS). 295 vessels were reported
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public