The Project
FIP BLUES is a Fishing Improvement Project for the Swordfish and Blue Shark Fisheries promoted by 4 producer organizations and 14 companies, these latter constitute the National Association of Commercializing Companies and Transformers of Highly Migratory Species.
FISHERY PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS
(90% catches of the EU fleet)
BUSINESS
(80% of the EU supply chain)
SHIPS
(95% of the EU in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean)
PROJECT PROMOTERS
FISHERY PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIALIZING COMPANIES AND TRANSFORMERS OF HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES
FIP BLUES Includes the development of improvement projects for the stocks of 6 fisheries:
North Atlantic Swordfish and Blue Shark EU Longline
South Atlantic Swordfish and Blue shark EU Longline
Eastern Pacific Swordfish EU Longline
Western Pacific Swordfish EU Longline
Pacific Blue shark EU Longline
Indian Ocean Swordfish and Blue shark EU Longline
FIP BLUES NEWS
FIP Blues meets with the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge
In November 2022 and within the framework of the Plenary of the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, the inclusion of Tintorera (Prionace glauca) in Appendix II of the aforementioned Convention was approved, which implies, as of 25 November of this...
The surface longline fleet presents its FIP BLUES sustainability project at the European Parliament
The FIP BLUES fishing improvement project starts in 2019 with the aim of improving the environmental sustainability of the surface longline fishery. Made up of the Burela Fishing Producers Organisation (OPP BURELA), the Organisation of Longliners (ORPAGU), the...
FIP BLUES WELCOMES THE “BBNJ AGREEMENT”
On 5 March 2023, the United Nations (UN) approved an agreement of international importance to protect biodiversity in waters beyond national jurisdiction, the so-called "BBNJ" (Biodiversity of areas Beyond National Jurisdiction). The overall objective is to protect...
Ends the “ordeal” that prevented the longliners from selling the mako shark they were allowed to catch
For the 115 affected surface longliners, the nonsense that prevented them from selling the shortfin mako that they could catch has been an “ordeal”. Quite a mess, because the European Union (EU) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food allowed them to fish...
The fishing organizations report the inaction of the central government with the mako
Shipowners and industry suffer millionaire losses due to the inaction of the Spanish Government with the mako. • Representatives of the organizations OPP-7 Burela, Opnapa, Opromar and Orpagu offered a press conference this morning in Santiago to describe the calvary...
FisheryProgress has published the FIP BLUES progress ranking update
FIP Description The EU surface longline fleet has been concentrating efforts on the implementation of national and regional strategies for the conservation of their target species including measures such as minimizing incidental catches, collaborating with the...
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