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Orange Roughy MEC (FIP)

Status: Inactive

FIP Lead: Deepwater Group (DG)

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Orange roughy - NZ Mid-East Coast

Comments:

FIP discontinued by FIP lead

1. FIP Development	Dec 13	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 20 December 2013 — MSC pre-assessment conducted 1 January 2009 — MSC pre-assessment undertaken
2. FIP Launch	Feb 14	Confirmation of project participants 10 February 2014 — Deepwater Group is leading the project, involving the government and other stakeholders
2. FIP Launch	Jul 16	Workplan made public 1 July 2016 — Fisheries Improvement Plan updated with new updates and milestones (2016) 1 March 2015 — ORH MEC March 2015 Fisheries Improvement Plan (Revised) 1 March 2014 — ORH MEC March 2014 Fisheries Improvement Plan
3. FIP Implementation	Dec 16	FIP activities undertaken 30 December 2016 — Activities to address issues are underway in H2 2016 and H1 2017: Quantitatively determine ETP coral distributions within the fishery, the bioregion, and the EEZ. Document the management strategy for impacts on ETP corals. Assess nature and extent of impact by fishery on habitat structure and function. Document the management strategy for impacts on habitats. 10 February 2014 — Deepwater Group is working in partnership with the Ministry of Primary Industries to undertake remedial actions
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Dec 17	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 1 December 2017 — A revised stock assessment was undertaken in December 2017. The provisional outcome was that the stock remains below the soft limit of 20% B₀ but that it will continue to rebuild and, at the current harvest level, is projected to be above 30% B₀ (i.e. the lower end of the management target of 30 – 50% B₀), in 31 years’ time (i.e. by 2049) 1 February 2017 — Review of the most recent data on by catch (2013-2014) done in 2017. concluded that no single bycatch species contributed more than 1.8% of the total catch (Anderson, 2017 http://fs.fish.govt.nz/Page.aspx?pk=113&dk=24284 ). For deep water sharks, which are considered ‘low resilience’ species, the bycatch of 7 species and a generic ‘shark’ component combined, amounted to 1.3% of the total catch. There are therefore no ‘main’ Primary or Secondary species. 1 December 2015 — Remedial management actions recommended under P1 in the 2015 plan have been completed 1 October 2014 — Rebuilding plan developed and implemented in response to decreased biomass estimates. 1 August 2014 — A Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) has been developed and applied to three ORH fisheries. 31 May 2014 — Stock assessment and outputs were accepted by MPI’s Deepwater Fisheries Assessment Working Group (DWFAWG) and Plenary Processes
5. Improvements on the Water	Dec 17	Verifiable improvement on the water 1 December 2017 — A biomass survey was undertaken in June 2017 and the results were reported in December 2017. The 2017 survey biomass estimate of 7,400 t was considerably higher than the biomass estimate of 4,200 t from a survey conducted in June 2013.
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public