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.Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects March 7, 2015 By 2015, there were over 80 fishery improvement projects around the world, representing approximately 10% of the current wild seafood production.Packard Foundation. Progress toward Sustainable Seafood - By the Numbers 2015 Edition P. 25, June 2015 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
External links FisheryProgres.org website (cataloguing and tracking FIPs) Are Fisheries Improvement Projects really delivering change on the water? (WWF)