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Three fishery improvement projects on FisheryProgress have recently entered Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, an impressive end goal for many FIPs on their sustainability journey. Congratulations to the?Indonesia WCPO skipjack tuna – pole and line, Indonesia WCPO yellowfin tuna – pole and line, and the Indonesia WCPO yellowfin tuna – handline FIPs, and their partner organizations, for all their hard work to achieve this milestone!?International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia (MDPI Foundation), Indonesian Pole & Line and Handline Fisheries Association (AP2HI)

February is for FIPs! This month we welcomed a total of five new fishery improvement projects to FisheryProgress, including the recent three above. Looking forward to seeing these fisheries achieve their environmental and social goals! ??????

Baja Aqua Farms knows Pacific bluefin tuna, especially the problems the fishery has faced, and they're committed to ensuring the stocks remain healthy and viable moving forward. The Ensenada, Mexico-based tuna ranching company recently joined FisheryProgress, creating a fishery improvement project for the wild capture side of their operation. Learn more about the business, why they joined FisheryProgress, and their commitments to stewardship and sustainability in our latest story here: https://lnkd.in/eSSV9nkE ?? : Baja Aqua Farms

ICYMI: check out our latest blog from FisheryProgress, in which we highlight a shrimp FIP in Indonesia that's making a name for itself by attracting regional and national government attention, all thanks to a fishing data app. https://lnkd.in/g4pCBkdK

It's been a pretty fishy January for FisheryProgress, as we've welcomed multiple new FIPs to the website. Though they are not yet reporting on their progress, prospective FIPs intend to meet the requirements to become an active FIP within one year. Stay tuned as we follow these fisheries on their sustainability and social responsibility journeys.

Our latest FisheryProgress blog has published! This one highlights the Indonesia Central Java White Prawn FIP, and a data collection app that has revolutionized the fishery and led to government attention and support. Another example of how FIPs are using innovative tools to achieve not only their progress goals, but much more as well. Check out the full story below.

Shoutout to the Indonesia South Kalimantan shrimp FIP for voluntarily completing a social risk assessment! This component of FisheryProgress' Human Rights and Social Responsibility?Policy usually applies to large scale industrial fisheries that might be operating in a more high-risk context. Despite its small scale nature, this?shrimp FIP has gone above and beyond by choosing to perform?the risk assessment, taking an extra step to identify any risks in its fishery.?You can learn more about this FIP by visiting its FisheryProgress profile here: https://lnkd.in/eCDG4DnP

Happy New Year! What better way to start January 2025 than welcoming another prospective fishery improvement project to FisheryProgress. Suriname-based Caribbean Sea Foods NV and Deep Sea Atlantic NV have partnered with Centre for Development and Sustainable Fisheries (CeDePesca) to develop the initial stages for a FIP for the southern red snapper, vermillion snapper, kingfish, and grouper handline and longline fishery. The MSC pre-assessment will be conducted by the CeDePesca team during the next few months. Welcome aboard!

Fishing you all a festive holiday season. May your days be merry and bright. ?

Baja Aqua Farms (BAF) is initiating a prospective fishery improvement project for the pacific bluefin tuna fishery carried along the Pacific waters off Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The FIP aims to align the fishery with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard and eventually achieve the certification through a stepwise improvement program led by BAF, as well as to comply with FisheryProgress’ Human Rights and Social Responsibility Policy. Baja Aqua-Farms is a tuna ranching company, and through this FIP, it seeks to strengthen its commitment to the gold fisheries sustainability standard, promote the best fishery management practices throughout the fishery, and allow an external review of its sustainability performance. Furthermore, the company is looking to certify the wild catch fishery phase of its operation to ensure all its customers that 100% of the tuna that is harvested to be used in its farm is sourced from a sustainable fishery.?Welcome aboard!