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Canada redfish (Unit 1 & 2) - trawl (FIP)

Last Updated: 2024-06-14

Progress Rating: A

Evaluation Start Date: 2018-07-23

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Active

FIP Lead: Groundfish Enterprise Allocation Council (GEAC), Atlantic Groundfish Council (AGC)

Stock Profile Link
Beaked redfish - Gulf of St. Lawrence & Laurentian Channel
Acadian redfish - Gulf of St. Lawrence & Laurentian Channel

Comments:

The fishery has been reopened- the FIP's last stage 4 was reported within the past 12 months. The FIP remains A rated.

1. FIP Development	Sep 17	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 13 September 2017 — MSC pre-assessment made public
2. FIP Launch	Nov 17	Confirmation of project participants 14 November 2017 — FIP participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	Mar 23	Workplan made public 31 March 2023 — Updated 2023 workplan 18 October 2021 — Updated action workplan made available 23 July 2018 — Workplan made public
3. FIP Implementation	Mar 24	FIP activities undertaken 13 March 2024 — DFO held a Gulf Groundfish Advisory Committee meeting to discuss fishery management for various stocks including cod, halibut, hake, and redfish, focusing on rebuilding plans, bycatch monitoring, quota management and fisheries monitoring. 24 January 2024 — The FIP participated in a regional peer review wherein DFO consulted over 70 participants from relevant sectors to discuss stock status, fishery information, TAC and expected bycatch. 1 September 2023 — The FIP held a meeting with DFO to discuss ongoing progress including developing strategies for reopening the Unit 1 fishery, establishing a harvest strategy and bycatch management. 31 January 2023 — The FIP held a meeting with DFO to discuss Unit 1 & 2 HCR plans; AGC also presented stock-specific objectives commonly applied to other redfish stocks that may be appropriate for consideration 1 September 2022 — Stock status update published; estimated biomass and LRP have been updated 4 July 2022 — Footprint analysis of the Unit 1 & 2 redfish fishery has been conducted using datasets from landings mappings from 2014 to 2018; this analysis complements the spatial analysis and identifies potential overlap between fishery interaction and the bottom habitat and impacts 29 June 2022 — The FIP has sent a letter to DFO requesting feedback on the timing of the development of harvest strategy management measures 1 September 2021 — DFO commenced its consultation on the Unit 1 Redfish Fishery Access and Allocations 1 January 2020 — Assessments of the redfish stocks in Unit 1 & 2 were conducted in late January of 2020 and a SAR has been published 15 March 2019 — Assessments of the redfish stocks in Unit 1 & 2 in 2017 have been published and due to be discussed at the winter meeting (DFO) 2019 1 June 2018 — Results of the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) published
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Jan 24	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 26 January 2024 — DFO has announced that the Unit 1 redfish fishery will re-open. 1 March 2023 — The research paper Senay et al (2023) has been published and corroborates the 2022 stock assessment, confirming that the redfish Unit 1 stock experienced an increase in biomass. 1 September 2022 — The 2021 stock assessment was published highlighting an increase in biomass for the redfish stock. 1 March 2020 — Increase to P.I. 1.2.4; stock assessment model in place is sufficient to further harvest strategy management 2 October 2019 — Re scoring of MSC PI 1.2.3. score has resulted in an increase in score based on the increase in information resulting from monitoring by observers 2 October 2019 — Scoring has been adjusted to >80. DFO. 2018. Units 1+2 Redfish Management Strategy Evaluation. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2018/033 - showing an increase in MSC PI score 1.1.2.
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public