SFP Reduction Sector Briefing
April 2013, London
Agenda / Content
• Reduction Sector Group
• Introductions
• SFP Institutions / Platforms
• Global Sustainability Overview of South American and Atlantic Fish Stocks Used for Fishmeal and Fish Oil
• Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM)
• SE Asia / Mixed trawl shrimp
Agenda / Content
• SFP European Fish Meal and Oil Users Group
• SFP NE Atlantic Small Pelagic FIPs
• Northern Blue Whiting
• North Sea Sprat
• North Sea Sandeel
• Baltic Sea Sprat
SFP Platforms / Institutions
Seafood Sector Groups
Global - explore sustainability landscape, share experiences and best practices, review status of sector supply, assess the FIP landscape
Supplier Roundtables
Regional / fishery segment - encourage the formation and effective performance of FIPs, can provide specific support to groups of FIPs, can (should?) spread the workload with peer groups (+ competitors)
FIPs / AIPs
FIP implementation, operation and reporting. Stakeholder consultation, identify and source funding / resources.
Reduction Sector Group / Supplier Roundtables
SFP Annual Evaluation of Reduction Fisheries:
EU Commissioner Damanaki commenting (on the SFP report / SFP European Fish Meal and Oil Users Group) :
” “It is paramount for members of the supply chain to have tools for monitoring the situation and engaging actively in improvements to source fisheries.”
Global Sustainability Overview of South American and Atlantic Fish
Stocks Used for Fishmeal and Fish Oil
2013
Support from
EWOS, Skretting and Biomar
Background
The overview focuses on the 28 principal reduction fish
stocks around the Atlantic and South America,
rated according to the sustainability assessment
presented on FishSource (www.fishsource.com).
Draft version –
- stakeholder consultation
- application and use
FishSource scores
Score 1 - Is management precautionary?
Score 2 - Do fishery managers follow scientific advice?
Score 3 - Do fishers comply?
Score 4 - Is the stock biomass healthy?
Score 5 - Will the stock be healthy in the future?
CATEGORY SCORING (A – C)
Category A - All scores ≥ 8
Category B1 - All other scores ≥ 6, biomass ≥ 8
Category B2 - All other scores ≥ 6, biomass <8
Category C - One or more scores < 6
Atlantic & South America Global Sustainability Overview
Atlantic & South America Reduction Fisheries
Atlantic & South America Reduction Fisheries
Atlantic & South America Reduction Fisheries
Changes in Specific Stocks 2010 – 2011
Atlantic & South American Reduction Fisheries Stock Comments FIP lead? Progress?
European pilchard – NW
Africa central stock
Scientific advice has been
ignored, public
information is out-dated
and illegal fishing is
considered severe
None n/a
Lesser sandeel – Dogger
Bank area
A formal management
plan has yet to be
implemented. Catches in
2011 were almost two
times the final TAC for
this management area
EU Fishmeal &
Oil Users
Group
Insufficient
progress
Lesser sandeel – SE North
Sea
Set TAC in 2012 was
reduced considerably
resulting in catches 60%
higher than TAC
EU Fishmeal &
Oil Users
Group
Insufficient
progress
Atlantic horse mackerel – NE
Atlantic western stock
No biomass reference
points defined since
2010. Fishing mortality
has been increasing and
currently above Fmsy.
TAC set in 2013 is well
above (45%) advised
levels
None n/a
Atlantic & South American Reduction Fisheries
Atlantic & South American Reduction Fisheries
Atlantic & South American Reduction Fisheries
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM)
SFP will help promote EBFM globally by:
• Documenting best practices that have already been applied with success in other fisheries and regions.
• Engaging the seafood supply chain to encourage priority fisheries to adopt best practices in EBFM and enhance fisheries performance.
• Communicating the lessons learned in fisheries that adopt EBFM practices and continuing to encourage adoption worldwide.
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM)
SFP Benthic Protection Best Practices Report 2012
In preparation (due May / June 2013 – ASDA sponsored)
• SFP Best Practices Report: Minimizing and managing the impacts of bycatch on protected, endangered, and threatened species
Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM)
In preparation
(due May / June 2013 – ASDA sponsored)
• SFP Best Practices Report: Conserving Food Webs and Managing Fishing Impacts on Marine Food Webs
Fish meal
production in SE
Asia – wild harvest
issues
SE Asia Mixed Trawl – shrimp feed
SE Asia Mixed Trawl – shrimp feed
REBYCII – project run by FAO to improve management of trawl fisheries – one source of fish meal
FIPs – SFP creating Fishery Improvement Projects for some fisheries
APFIC commitments – Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission focus on solving trawl issues
RS Improver Scheme – methodological issues
SE Asia Mixed Trawl – shrimp feed
REBYCII
LOAs signed with countries, first funds transferred, and national project teams established.
Country based stakeholder meetings have been conducted. In the case of Vietnam the government is meeting with fish meal producer in Kien Giang province
Progress and next steps
• FIPs
• Visit made to Vietnam to discuss Ben Tre province (put forward by Morrisons UK) with companies, MARD and World Bank.
• Financial support has been offered – mainly UK but one so far from Thailand.
• Trip planned to Thailand to discuss with government and industry.
• Stakeholder committees to be established
• Fishery assessments to be conducted
Progress and next steps
• APFIC commitments
• Will be following this up at FAO meeting later in April 2013
• SFP has had a paper on risk based management of trawl fisheries accepted for publication
• currently being edited as per reviewers’suggestions.
Progress and next steps
IFFO RS Improvers Scheme
• Has been awaiting establishment of FIPs and
• Method development.
• the fishery assessment method rejigged to handle multispecies fisheries
• the fishery assessments that underpin the FIP plans need to funded and based on IFFO system
• Catalyse FAO interest
• Pilot the FIPs thru the program
• Active involvement from IFFO