russian pollock
fishery improvement partnership
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Russian pollock fisheries take place in the West Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk, two of the most productive and diverse seas on earth. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) launched an improvement dialogue between Russian pollock customers, suppliers and producers in 2006. The FIP Partnership was formed to improve the sustainability of Russian pollock fisheries, and specifically to provide expertise and support to the Russian Pollock Catchers Association (PCA) (the main representative organization for the Russian pollock fishing industry) in their efforts to meet the certification requirements of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). Formally launched in September 2008, the FIP is led by BAMR, Birds Eye-Iglo Group and SFP, together with major international buyers – FRoSTA, Royal Greenland, Findus Group, Pickenpack, Delmar, High Liner, Fishin’ Company, Gorton’s – and the Russian Pollock Catchers Association.
Highlights of the FIP review include improved transparency in stock assessment methods and data, which confirmed the continued impressive rebuilding of Sea of Okhotsk stocks to well above the target sustainable levels required by the MSC. The rebuilding of the fishery has been aided by conservative TAC setting and reductions in illegal fishing. A detailed report on the status of the Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery is freely available on www.fishsource.org.
This is the project area for organizations participating in the Russian Far East Pollock Fisheries Improvement Project.
The publicly available documents that have been produced by the working group are:
- An overview of Pollock. Download here
- The purpose of the RFE Pollock FIP. Download here
- Press Release (September 2009) – announcing the formation of the RFE Pollock FIP. Download here
- Roundtable presentation (September 2009, Vlodivostock). Download here
- MCSE Roundtable presentation (September 2009, Vlodivostock). Download here
All the above documents can also be downloaded in a ZIP archive here
FIP Participants can log in here to access other working group documents.