toby middleton (marine stewardship council) - "project inshore"

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Toby Middleton UK Country Manager May 2012

Marine Stewardship Council

Project Inshore

http://www.sodexho.co.uk/uken/

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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.


• 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…



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.


Project partners:

Melanie Siggs (Independent)

Sustainable Fisheries Fund

Funding partners:


Certified

In assessment


Stage One: Fishery Analysis

Stage 1 Report

• Species

• Markets

• Fishing Methods

• Background


Principle 1 - Stock

Principle 2 - Impact

Principle 3 - Management

Stage Two:

Unit of Certification = What is pre-assessed


Stage Two: MSC Pre-

Assessment (Gap Analysis)

Unconditional Pass

Conditional Pass

Automatic Fail

Summary for P1 (per IFCA District)

• Species

• Stock area

• Outcome


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


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)


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


0207 246 8914

[email protected]

Thank you!

toby middleton (marine stewardship council) - "project inshore"

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