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Indonesia Western and Central Pacific Ocean yellowfin tuna - handline (AP2HI, IPNLF, MDPI) (FIP)

Last Updated: 2025-02-19

Progress Rating: A

Evaluation Start Date: 2012-11-01

Type: Comprehensive

Status: Active

FIP Lead: MDPI (M), International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), Asosiasi Perikanan Pole & LIne dan Handline Indonesia (AP2HI)

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Yellowfin tuna - Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Comments:

The FIP has reported an increase to P2 & P3 scores. The FIP becomes A rated.

1. FIP Development	Jun 18	Fishery assessment or scoping document made public 1 June 2018 — 2018 MSC pre-assessment 1 June 2010 — MSC pre-assessment
2. FIP Launch	Nov 18	Confirmation of project participants 7 November 2018 — AP2HI members involved in the FIP 31 July 2016 — FIP participants confirmed
2. FIP Launch	Jul 18	Workplan made public 1 July 2018 — 2018 workplan available 15 June 2016 — 2016 Workplan made public 1 January 2015 — Workplan for 2015-2016 1 May 2014 — Workplan available for 2014 1 September 2011 — FIP workplan
3. FIP Implementation	Sep 24	FIP activities undertaken 24 September 2024 — The FIP participated in a coordination meeting led by MMAF focused on spatial marine planning, licensing processes, and technical assistance for FADs; the group discussed verifying compliance with marine spatial plans, ensuring accurate documentation and technical details, and addressing environmental considerations like coral reefs and mangroves. 1 September 2024 — MDPI and AP2HI facilitated vessel registration efforts, resulting in 322 Pas Kecil and 120 eBKP registrations from March- August 2024 across four provinces, with additional socialization and validation activities in West Nusa Tenggara. From April- September 2024, 111 micro-scale vessels (<5GT) were registered, with 17 more prepared for submission, ensuring integration with the SIMKADA system. 26 August 2024 — The FIP participated in a workshop organized by DGCF-MMAF to improve fisheries statistics in Indonesia, focusing on tuna HL and PL fisheries in the WCPO and IO areas. As a follow-up, DGCF-MMAF held a stakeholders meeting to gather data on fishery items and enumerators for all fisheries, including tuna. 1 March 2024 — The FIP continues to support vessel registration and registered several vessels from October 2023 to March 2024. 14 February 2024 — The FIP participated in a technical coordination meeting to discuss monitoring on fishing vessels and transhipment vessels. 1 February 2024 — From September 2023 to February 2024, AP2HI conducted 342 port samplings, installed 10 surveillance cameras, and deployed 12 onboard observers across its sites in both the WCPO and IO areas. The findings demonstrated that the FIP reported interactions with silky and spinner sharks. 1 February 2024 — The FIP continues to install cameras onboard handline tuna vessels; between September 2023- February 2024, 65 trips captured recordings across 14 vessels. 17 January 2024 — The FIP participated in a Focus Group Discussion in Cirebon, West Java; the discussions centered around establishing standards for key data elements in fishing logbooks, analyzing data based on international standards, and planning technical meetings to develop implementation guidelines for the agreed KDEs and data analysis methods. 21 November 2023 — The FIP has conducted training workshops in WCPO areas with 40 students and 172 handline and pole and line fishers, focusing on compliance, sustainability, and traceability in small-scale handline tuna fisheries, including material on monitoring and mitigating ETP interactions. 15 September 2023 — The MMAF, in collaboration with various stakeholders, conducted a coordination meeting to discuss quota-based fisheries. The primary objective of the meeting was to provide participants with an understanding of Government Regulation No. 11/2023. 1 September 2023 — Port sampling activities, which include collecting ETP data, remains ongoing. From April- September 2023 257 port sampling activities, 8 surveillance cameras audit and 5 on-board observer deployments took place. Data collected between this period revealed interactions between the fishery and five shark species. 1 September 2023 — The FIP continues to undergo vessel registration; from April- September 2023 51 vessels were registered. 28 August 2023 — The FIP hosted a working group meeting to determine social and economic indicators for inclusion in the national tuna management plan and the HS component to measure impacts in line with HS/ HCR implementation, with agreed sets of indicators and plans for further data gathering enhancement in the social and economic indicators field. 26 August 2023 — The FIP conducted training workshops for small-scale handline tuna fishers in Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara and Tulehu, Maluku. The workshops covered topics such as increasing compliance, sustainable fishery practices, traceability, and monitoring and mitigating the risk of interactions with ETPs. 1 August 2023 — FIP participants actively supported and engaged in FCMC meetings in West and East Nusa Tenggara, addressing various fisheries management topics, including data collection, capacity building for fishermen, FAD management, quota-based fisheries, industry compliance, and the significance of sharing data with local authorities 30 March 2023 — MDPI and AP2HI continue to help facilitate new vessel registrations into 2023 16 March 2023 — The FIP is supporting the preparation and implementation of the Tropical Tuna Fishery Harvest Strategy in Indonesia by attending and supporting various national meetings, including technical preparation workshops, meetings on the development of harvest strategy implementation, and a meeting to determine the roles of each partner in finalizing the harvest strategy framework; among the topics discussed were updated CPUE data and analysis selectivity, data preparation and cleaning, target and limit reference points and technical candidates for HCR and management measures. 9 March 2023 — The FIP and WWF came together to conduct a training on best management practices to mitigate ETP interactions and bycatch. AP2HI also organized a training workshop focused on increasing compliance and strengthening monitoring. 6 March 2023 — The new regulation 11/2023 Penangkapan Ikan Terukur has been issued by the Indonesian government to establish a quota-based fishery system; the regulation will divide the country's waters into zones encompassing different Fisheries Management Areas (FMAs). 1 March 2023 — MDPI continues to install cameras onboard the handline vessels; 152 trips on 33 vessels have been conducted between October 2022- March 2023 1 March 2023 — From October 2022- February 2023, AP2HI conducted 198 port samplings with 10 surveillance cameras and 3 onboard observer deployments in the WCPO with no ETP interactions being recorded. MDPI also carried out port sampling activities, 1,067 samplings in total, resulting in 3 instances of shark interactions and 1 PTH interaction. 15 February 2023 — The FIP along with WWF facilitated a dialogue between multiple stakeholders to advocate the Harvest Strategy at the WCPFC level. 20 September 2022 — MDPI and AP2HI continue to help facilitate new vessel registrations 1 September 2022 — Sampling and monitoring activities continue to be carried out; between April- September of 2022, 144 trips were conducted on 33 vessels. 25 August 2022 — ETP mitigation techniques training workshop held 24 August 2022 — WWF and MDPI held a sub-regional hybrid meeting focused on driving dialogue between Indonesia and the Philippines to support harvest strategy implementation. 13 June 2022 — MDPI, BRIN and MMAF held a workshop on the harvest strategy and related data-collection efforts. 30 March 2022 — In 2022, there have been FCMC Tuna meetings in three provinces, namely FCMC Tuna NTB on February 10, 2022, with a total of 51 participants, FCMC Tuna South Sulawesi on March 24, 2022, with a total of 60 participants and FCMC Tuna North Sulawesi on March 30, 2022, with a total of 67 participants. 1 March 2022 — Port sampling with a focus on ETP monitoring conducted from October- March 2022 10 December 2021 — AP2HI and IPNLF participated in the 7th technical and stakeholder workshop in which the harvest strategy was discussed 1 November 2021 — The ETP and ERS identification book has been updated and circulated to fishers and enumerators. 31 August 2021 — Port sampling data collection and the use of on board camera systems continued between April and August 2021. 30 August 2021 — AP2HI, IPNLF and MDPI submitted data and participated in the Indonesian Tuna Fisheries Annual Catch Estimation (ITFACE) workshops, hosted by MMAF and SPC, under WCPFC’s Western Pacific East Asia (WPEA) program. 21 April 2021 — Letters of agreement drafted up with Maluku, North Maluku and North Sulawesi to establish co-management committees in their province 10 December 2020 — A consortium of NGOs working in tuna fisheries otherwise known as "The Tuna Consortium" are also working on streamlining data collection initiatives in Indonesia to support Archipelagic Waters Harvest Strategies and Fishery Management Plans. 1 December 2020 — Handline port sampling data collection is ongoing in MDPI sites including data ETP interaction; update on data collection presented at FCMC meeting 11 November 2020 — MDPI conducted a coordination meeting with MMAF about the IAW Harvest Strategy, e-logbook dissemination and implementation, and FAD research gaps. 1 October 2020 — The Fishery Co-Management Committee (FCMC) meeting was conducted; the Guidelines for Fisheries Mangagement Action Plan was developed and approved 1 September 2020 — The committee committed to supporting the development and launch of a vessel licensing platform (SAMSAT) was approved under NTB's Governor decree No 24 / 2020. 12 August 2020 — AP2HI conducted training on best handling practice for catch and ETPs, and signed the Captain's Code of Conduct that includes commitments to sustainable practices 31 December 2019 — Summary assessment of ETP interactions was conducted by IPNLF among fisheries planned to go into MSC full assessment. 18 December 2019 — Meeting report from the Regional co-management in Jakarta in early 2019. 4 December 2019 — Participated in WCPFC Commission meeting 30 November 2019 — Handline protocols used by MDPI and AP2HI to collect data in landing sites. 30 October 2019 — Harvest Strategies meeting for Indonesian Archipelagic waters was conducted in October 2019 30 September 2019 — Port-side enumerator data is being consolidated by FIP leads to assess the recruitment for target, primary and secondary species for fishing events happening on FADs, for the first tranche UoAs. 24 September 2019 — FIP leads have consolidated annual catch data from one-by-one tuna fisheries in Indonesia to support annual reporting compliance to WCPFC, in July 2019. 18 September 2019 — The handline observer protocol has been developed by KKP, AP2HI, IPNLF and MDPI. 1 August 2019 — The DIVA-database will store data on all vessels registered to fish tuna in Indonesian Archipelagic waters, including vessels <10GT. 1 March 2019 — The I-Fish data collection system has now moved from paper-based to app-based in all of the MDPI data collection sites. 1 January 2019 — In January 2019, MDPI convened a Regional DMC meeting in Jakarta, inviting representatives from each of the six provinces where MDPI has initiatives co-management (NTT, NTB, Maluku, North Maluku, North Sulawesi and South Sulawesi). 14 December 2018 — The CMM 2018-01 states the position related to the development of a TRP for yellowfin. 1 September 2018 — The uncertainty regarding the direction of the FAD management plan remains. The two interns previously working with MDPI have completed their studies and their reports are available. 1 May 2018 — Schedule of the Bali Tuna Conference and the International Coastal Tuna Business Forum where the Harvest Strategy will be officially launched. 1 April 2018 — An intern conducted an analysis of the time-lapse camera deployment and her report recommendations will be used to develop a time-lapse deployment and analysis protocol. 1 April 2018 — Data Management Committees are active in 6 provinces and 1 sub provincial area. 1 April 2018 — Draft PSA has been completed. PSA will be reviewed with other stakeholders during 2018. 1 April 2018 — The work on updating the FAD management plan is being supported by TNC. To date this year (2018), there have been two FAD management meetings, with another planned for later in April. 1 April 2018 — An smaller HS meeting was convened early April to finalise the document for the ICTBF launching. The interim harvest strategy framework is due to be launched during the ICTBF at the end of May 2018 in Bali. 1 April 2018 — The Indonesian government in their commitment as a CMM to the WCPFC is also committed to increasing their compliance annually (increased from 29% in 2015 to 81% in 2017). The compliance report has been completed by IPNLF and Marine Change. 1 March 2017 — Consultant hired by IPNLF to conduct an assessment of the compiance rate of Indonesian fisheries with Indonesian regulations. 1 March 2017 — Support Harvest Strategies workshops. 1 February 2017 — FAD management plan for 2017 discussed through provincial DMC setting - FAD workshop early 2017 11 November 2015 — Draft Harvest Strategy workplan. 28 February 2015 — February 2015 FIP update and review 1 February 2015 — Bycatch information is collected at landing sites 1 February 2015 — Port sampling, logbooks, observers, boat registration 1 January 2015 — Advocate at the regional level for setting TRPs at WCPFC for Yellowfin, Skipjack and Bigeye 1 April 2014 — Support the development of specific management measures for coastal tuna fisheries (Handline) 1 March 2014 — Program update (July 2013) 1 July 2013 — Community based management 1 June 2012 — Improve data on ETPs, conduct PSAs and based on these develop mitigation measures
4. Improvements in Fishing Practices and Fishery Management	Oct 24	Verifiable improvement in policy/management and fishing practices 12 October 2024 — Increase to PI 2.3.2 reported; three-year audit conducted. The FIP has implemented various monitoring and sampling measures for ETP species management and recorded interaction rates have been low. 12 October 2024 — Increase to PI 3.2.1; three-year audit conducted. Explicit long- and short-term fishery-specific objectives, both at regional/ stock level are in place. 1 December 2022 — The FIP has updated its code of conduct to include a new policy that prohibits shark finning. 12 November 2021 — Increase to PI 2.5.3; three-year audit has been made available. The main impacts of the UoAs on key ecosystem elements have been investigated and made available. 12 November 2021 — Increase to PI scores 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 3.2.3; three-year audit has been made available. Improved data gathering processes have been employed through on-board camera data and port sampling as well as the implementation of monitoring, control and surveillance systems. 12 November 2021 — Increase in PI 2.4.3; Three-year audit has been made available. The number and location of FADs associated with each UoA has been mapped in relation to bathymetric zones. Areas of protected habitat are known. 30 September 2019 — FIP leads have deployed time-lapse camera's to assess whether or not ETP interactions take place during fishing events. This will help bolseter port-side enumerator data that can't capture these types of fishing events. 9 May 2019 — Three provinces have signed the guideline document for co-managment implementation in their province (South Sulawesi, North Sulawesi and Maluku). 1 April 2018 — Bait fish data collection is ongoing in MDPI data collection sites using I-Fish port sampling protocol, including identification training for enumerators. 1 April 2018 — To date 817 vessels have been registered in the I-Fish vessel registry system. Each vessel is assigned a unique number, called a Vessel Identifier Code (VIC). 1 April 2018 — A bycatch and ETP catch composition analysis was conducted for the priority UoAs for MSC in 2018 (link to the document in the URL below). 29 June 2016 — Vessel registration protocol published and to date 529 vessels have been registered in the IFish vessel registry system. 3 December 2015 — WCPFC limit reference points set 15 September 2015 — Data collection protocol for yellowfin handline tuna published 28 February 2015 — Port sampling, logbook support for vessels larger than 5GT and collection of bycatch data at landing sites continue into 2015. 28 February 2015 — Data Management Committees meet twice a year. 1 November 2014 — Hammerhead, oceanic white tip, whale sharks and manta rays offered protection 1 November 2014 — Indonesia's National Tuna Management Plan was released 1 December 2013 — New data collection systems and centres created 30 September 2013 — Implementation of boat licensing, community awareness programs, identifying YFT spawning areas and implementation of logbook data collection system 31 July 2013 — New observers deployed on boats 1 April 2013 — Protocol for continuous port based surveys - used to collect information on ETP interactions.
5. Improvements on the Water	Oct 16	Verifiable improvement on the water 1 October 2016 — Increase in MSC outcome scores: 2.1.1 (Primary species), 2.2.1 (Secondary species), ETP species (2.3.1)
6. MSC certification (optional)	—	MSC certificate made public