Abstract
Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) have been increasing in numbers worldwide over the last decade to improve fishery practices towards sustainability. This paper tries to analyse the current status and performance of fisheries currently involved in FIPs and listed in the website Fishery Progress (www.fisheryprogress.org). Out of the 126 analysed FIPs, 59 FIPs did not show any changes in status, in addition to 6 FIPs with no status information. These fisheries double the total landings of the fisheries that showed improvements. The results reveal that young FIPs (those 2 years old or less) account for 42 out of the 59 that did not show any changes in status. Weak relationship between the improvements in scores and actions completed or cumulative duration (spent time) of the project was observed. FAO areas with highest scores were in the northern hemisphere while the lowest were in the south. The finding of fisheries scoring poorly in the global south may reflect data gaps rather than poor performance, or a mixture of the two that demands care of interpretation.
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