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Russia Amur River/Sakhalin Gulf salmon - trap net/beach seine/ weir/gillnet (FIP)

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Last Updated: 2023-08-15

Evaluation Start Date: 2018-11-18

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Inactive

FIP Lead: ForSea Solutions (FS)

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Chum salmon - Russia
Pink salmon - Russia

Comments:

FIP made inactive due to a lack of funding

1. FIP Development	Oct 18	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 26 October 2018 — MSC preassessment made public
2. FIP Launch	Mar 19	Confirmation of project participants 11 March 2019 — Participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	May 19	Workplan made public 1 May 2019 — Workplan made public (updated version, May 2019)
3. FIP Implementation	Dec 19	FIP activities undertaken 15 December 2019 — Research studies and monitoring to update stock status have been established - documents detailing the indices have been published 1 December 2019 — Summary of actions taken in 2019 to management the fisheries was published 7 June 2019 — Signed contract with consultant under action: Stock assessment
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Aug 19	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 20 August 2019 — Closure of the Amur River and Amur Liman commercial fishery through August 20 due to concerns about the status of pink and summer chum salmon implemented for the first time in the history of these fisheries as a precautionary approach
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public