WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN TUNA - PURSE SEINE (THAI UNION)
March 2023 - The FIP has completed its environmental objective of all elements graduating into an MSC assessment and is now completed. As per SFP rules, the FIP shall retain its A rating until all elements are certified.
Notice of the Completion of the FIP - March 2023
The fishery being assessed is the WCPO purse seine tuna fishery. The FIP is made up of a fleet of tuna purse seine vessels, flagged to USA, Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia. The fishery targets skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), yellowfin
(Thunnus albacares) and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) through free-school and FAD-associated purse seine sets in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (national EEZs and high seas).
FIP Start & Projected End Date: August 2019 - August 2024
FIP Rating: A - March 2023
Next Rating Update: NA
The objective of this FIP is to achieve MSC certification for the Western and Central Pacific Ocean tuna - purse seine (Thai Union) fleet within the next 5 years (by the end of 2024).
For previous information on the FIP please follow this link.
Note: The FIP applied and was granted an extension to the CASS required three-year external audit, and shall be published by December 2022.
FIP DOCUMENTS
FIP UPDATES
IMPROVEMENT PROGRESS
This spreadsheet shows a summary of the fishery’s progress on making measurable improvements against the indicators.
Next Update: NA
ACTION UPDATES
This document shows the progress the FIP is making on actions in its workplan. This is reported biannually. For action update evidence relating to August 2022 and earlier, please view the old FIP website here.
Next Update: NA
Evidence for December Update 2022:
FIP RATING: A
The ratings are currently derived by SFP from publicly available data on FIP websites.
Next Update: NA
SOCIAL
FIP SOCIAL STATUS
All vessels in the FIP are committed to meeting the Thai Union Vessel Code of Conduct, which is available to view on the Thai Union website here.
In addition, some vessels are committed to also meeting the FCF Vessel CoC.
Overview document - August 2022
For grievances, information on the vessel list or for further information on social elements please contact the FIP leads directly.
OTHER FIP SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
ETP MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
This document shows the ETP management strategy that is employed by the FIP vessels, such as best practice.
Link - August 2021
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS
Stakeholder meetings take place regularly for the FIP. For one example of this please see the file below.
Link - December 2020
THREE YEAR AUDIT
Every three years, comprehensive FIPs must arrange for an independent evaluation of action results and performance against the MSC Fisheries Standard.
Link - December 2022 by Charlotte Tindall
PROOF OF BUDGET
FIP FAD POLICY
This document shows the FIPs Non entangling and Biodegradable Fish Aggregating Devices Public Policy.