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Japan Hokkaido Japanese sardine - purse seine (FIP)

Last Updated: 2023-10-23

Evaluation Start Date: 2022-05-23

Type: Basic

Status: Active

FIP Lead: UMITO Partners Inc. (UPI)

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Pacific sardine - Japanese Pacific

Comments:

The FIP has been moved to completed on Fisheryprogress.org for completing its original objectives and the FIP plans to amend their workplan. The FIP has met its objective, the FIP remains active and the FIP rating has been removed.

1. FIP Development	Mar 22	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 24 March 2022 — Environmental rapid assessment made available
2. FIP Launch	Apr 22	Confirmation of project participants 22 April 2022 — Participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	May 22	Workplan made public 23 May 2022 — Workplan made available
3. FIP Implementation	May 23	FIP activities undertaken 17 May 2023 — The FIP held a stakeholder meeting to discuss ongoing progress with regard to the development of best practices for handling ETP species, logbook utilization and electronic monitoring implementation. 1 February 2023 — The FIP's 2022 logbook has been made public; the FIP did not record any encounters with ETP species. 1 February 2023 — A catch report containing data from this past fishing season has been made available (some information has been redacted for privacy reasons); the report contains bycatch information from the 2022 season. 20 January 2023 — The FIP held a stakeholder meeting at the beginning of 2023; a summary of the meeting has been made available.
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	—	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices
5. Improvements on the Water	—	Verifiable improvement on the water
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public