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Support for Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIPs)

In recent years, the aquaculture sector has made great strides in improving its responsible practices, with significant efforts focusing especially on encouraging suppliers of marine-based ingredients to ensure that they source raw materials from well-managed and sustainable fisheries.

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Today, a large number of fisheries in Europe and America are certified to the MarinTrust standard. Skretting has the ambition to only source from MarinTrust compliant fisheries, and we support fisheries to embark on improvement projects and be certified to the MarinTrust standard.

Skretting is currently involved in three Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs). One of the most important fisheries in the world, the Peruvian anchovy fishery, is immersed in a FIP to achieve a "certifiable status" according to the guidelines of the Alliance for the Conservation of Sustainable Solutions (CASS).

At the meeting held in November 2019 in the FIP Working Group, the representative of the Institute of the Sea of Peru (IMARPE), Dr. Jorge Tam, presented the advances of the ecosystem model to understand the trophic impacts of the fishery. The presentation showed a great degree of progress, but more work still needs to be done. IMARPE scientists hope to have completed it by early January 2020, with a subsequent report.

 
Fishery improvement projects
  • Pelagic sardines
    MarinTrust Improvement Program in Ecuador

    A group of 18 Ecuadorian fishing and processing companies, together with three international aquafeed producers, have committed to a programme to improve small pelagic resources. The participating international food producers are Skretting, Biomar and VitaPro Ecuador.

    The companies involved represent around 80% of the country's small pelagic fishing enterprises, active in the production of fishmeal as well as frozen and canned products for direct human consumption. The improvement project is part of MarinTrust's Global Responsible Sourcing Standard fisheries improvement programme, which allows marine ingredient producers to demonstrate their commitment to improving towards responsibly sourced raw materials.

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  • Fish meal plant
    Peruvian FIP anchovy

    In 2019, according to rules established by FisheryProgress.org, the FIP entered its third year and was therefore audited.

    FishChoice undertook the audit of this FIP in 2019. Work remains to fulfill Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) requirements related to the standard point 1.2.1 about Harvest strategy. When this work is completed, the Peruvian anchovy fishery will have been successfully benchmarked against the MSC Certification. It will then be up to the Peruvian fishing industry to decide to conduct an actual certification process or not.

    In 2019, according to the rules set by FisheryProgress.org, the FIP entered its third year and was therefore audited.

    FishChoice audited this FIP in 2019. Work remains to comply with the requirements of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) related to point 1.2.1 of the standard on fishing or harvesting strategy. When this work is completed, the Peruvian anchovy fishery will have been successfully assessed against MSC certification. It will be then that the Peruvian fishing industry decides to carry out a real certification process or not.

  • Fish meal
    FIP in Vietnam's Vung Tau region

    Skretting Vietnam, together with fishmeal producers, government agencies and other aquaculture feed producers, continues to participate in a FIP in Vung Tau province in southern Vietnam. The aim of this project is to improve the fisheries management of the mixed trawl fishery in Vung Tau province over a period of five years to a level that meets the requirements of the MarinTrust standard. 

    MarinTrust has formally launched its multi-species criteria, which will be piloted over the next three years with relevant fisheries, such as mixed trawl fisheries in Southeast Asia. During this period, the pilot will operate as part of the MarinTrust (IP) Improvement Programme.