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Mexico Campeche blue crab - pot/trap & ring nets (FIP)

Last Updated: 2021-11-09

Evaluation Start Date: 2018-01-15

Type: Basic

Status: Inactive

FIP Lead: Pesca Responsable y Comercio Justo (PRCJ), Ocean Technology, Inc. (OTI), Alimentos del Mar de Norte America (AMNA)

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Blue crab - Mexico Gulf of Mexico

Comments:

FIP is now inactive. This is based on notification by the FIP coordinator. FIP rating is unavailable

1. FIP Development	Mar 18	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 1 March 2018 — Enviromental Rapid Assessment (ERA) made public
2. FIP Launch	May 17	Confirmation of project participants 1 May 2017 — Participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	Jan 18	Workplan made public 15 January 2018 — Workplan available 2018-2020
3. FIP Implementation	May 21	FIP activities undertaken 1 May 2021 — FIP completed first stock assessment - to determine reference points (target and limit) while developing management improvement recommendations. 1 February 2021 — Complete report of first stock assessment has been made available 25 November 2020 — A proposal to include the Mexican Gulf of Mexico crab fishery in the NOM-039 to transform the geographic scope of such instrument from regional to national; Proposal was formally received by CONAPESCA and turned to the National Fisheries Institute for technical analysis 15 August 2020 — A virtual meeting was convened to organize the Mexican Crab task force 15 August 2020 — An updated data collection and stocks assessment protocol was presented and accepted in a FIP virtual meeting 1 November 2019 — FIP reported in narrative on survey on secondary species caught have confirmed that the species are similar to a 2017 report publshed by INAPESCA.(no supporting evidence of 2019 results presented) 18 October 2018 — In the IX scientific forum for small.scale fisheries, INAPESCa researchers presented the first estimation of MSY for the crab fishery - FIP is working on a collaboration agreement with such researchers to develop a comprehensive proposal of harvest strategy and harvest control rules for the fishery. 1 June 2018 — The National Fisheries Chart was published on June 2018
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Oct 21	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 19 October 2021 — Increase to PI 1.2.4 - recent stock assessment undertaken based on the long time series of data highlights state of the stock and projects expected status in the future
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public