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Toby Middleton UK Country Manager May 2012
Marine Stewardship Council
Project Inshore
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What is Project Inshore?
• Project Inshore is a tool to assess and feed into the management of
all English fisheries within IFCA districts.
• Project consists of 3 stages,
1. Fishery Analysis
2. MSC Pre-Assessments
3. Sustainability Reviews
• It will use the globally recognised MSC pre-assessment process as an
independent assessment of what is happening on the ground.
• The pre-assessments will then feed in to develop Sustainability
Reviews to feed into current management practices.
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• To overcome the market barriers to small scale fisheries engaging in the MSC process.
• All inshore fisheries considered against a consistent framework of common criteria.
• Develop sustainability reports enabling multi-track progress and harmonised approaches.
• To recognise where management is working and feed into areas which could be improved upon.
The aim…
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How we do this…
• Bringing a range of partners together
• Using an independently accredited Certification Bodies - FCI
• Consisting of an expert team with experience in the 3 principles of the
MSC
• Using the pre-assessment process as a gap analysis of current inshore
fisheries management.
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Project partners:
Melanie Siggs (Independent)
Sustainable Fisheries Fund
Funding partners:
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Certified
In assessment
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Stage One: Fishery Analysis
Stage 1 Report
• Species
• Markets
• Fishing Methods
• Background
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Principle 1 - Stock
Principle 2 - Impact
Principle 3 - Management
Stage Two:
Unit of Certification = What is pre-assessed
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Stage Two: MSC Pre-
Assessment (Gap Analysis)
Unconditional Pass
Conditional Pass
Automatic Fail
Summary for P1 (per IFCA District)
• Species
• Stock area
• Outcome
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Stage Three: Sustainability Reports
• A consistent set of recommendations drawing from the outcome of the pre-assessments:
• Highlighting commonalities and potential efficiencies between regions, species and gears
• Creating an evidence base for investment where necessary
• Providing a roadmap consistent with the conditions of supply for key domestic & export markets
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Timelines
• Stage One: 0-3 months
• Stage Two: 3-9 months
• Stage Three: 9-18 months
• 18 months onwards: MSC support for fisheries considering full assessment
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
0 3 6 9 12 15 18
Timescale (months)
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Next steps
• Setting up a multi-stakeholder advisory group
• Visit from MSC EFOO (Matt Watson)
• Introduce IFCAs to the FCI team…backgrounds
• Outline timelines and process to IFCAs
• Schedule local stakeholder workshops
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