A fishery improvement project, or FIP, is a multi-stakeholder effort to improve the sustainability of a fishery. While FIPs vary in scope and nature, to be considered as such, a FIP must meet a number of requirements pertaining to participation, funding, transparency, and scientific rigor. By 2015, there were over 80 fishery improvement projects around the world, representing approximately 10% of the current wild seafood production. By 2021, at least registered at FisheryProgress.org Council, there are more than 130 functional FIPs around the globe.
See also
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Marine Stewardship Council
- Ocean Outcomes
- Packard Foundation
- Sustainable seafood
- WWF
- EDF
References
- Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects March 7, 2015
- Packard Foundation. Progress toward Sustainable Seafood - By the Numbers 2015 Edition P. 25, June 2015
- "FIP Directory | Fishery Progress". fisheryprogress.org. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
External links
- FisheryProgres.org website (cataloguing and tracking FIPs)
- Are Fisheries Improvement Projects really delivering change on the water? (WWF)