Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA,African Union
25-06-2021
Work Detail
Pre assessment of Seychelles longline fishery against MSC standardThird South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project SWIOFish3 The fishery now faces its most significant challenge in that the Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stock is overfished and subject to overfishing As a result the main markets for yellowfin tuna are increasingly raising concerns regarding the sustainability of the Indian Ocean fisheries To enable the fishery to address this and other challenges and to transition to best practice for sustainability stakeholders have expressed an interest in undertaking a pre assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council MSC standard MSC certification is undertaken by Unit of Certification UoC which is defined by target species gear and area a full certification assessment is conducted by an MSC authorized conformity assessment body CAB In the context of the Seychelles longline fishery targeting tuna and swordfish a Risk Based Framework RBF may be required which applies to data poor fisheries in developing countries and entails in country consultations with local stakeholders over an extended timeframe The Seychelles Fishing Authority SFA is seeking a qualified experienced consultancy firm to conduct a MSC pre assessment of the longline fishery targeting tuna and swordfish The objectives of the assignment are to undertake a pre assessment of the Seychelles longline fishery targeting tuna and swordfish for readiness to comply with the MSC s Principles and Criteria for certification of sustainability Deriving from the pre assessment outcomes a second objective of this assignment is to outline the scope for a Fishery Improvement Project FIP
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