OSMI rapid assessment made public

Project participants confirmed

Workplan made public

A preview sample of the new logbook has been made available

ASOMAN signed a collaboration agreement with the Manta Skippers and Pilots Association aimed at promoting the adoption and implementation of the fishery logbook. 

The FIP is promoting its mark-recapture project aimed at improving information on the mahi-mahi migration patterns on social media. 

ASOAMAN and IPIAP signed a second cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening their inter-institutional collaboration for the large pelagic fishery including mahi mahi.

The FIP attended a workshop organized by the Subsecretary of Fishing Resources in Ecuador which focused on enhancing understanding and identifying improvements for fisheries management tools, including specific objectives, harvest strategies and corresponding control rules. 

A binational workshop was held on mahi-mahi fisheries biology research in Peru and Ecuador. One of the agreements that came out of the workshop was to develop a stock assessment update using data from 2022 and to prepare a binational scientific publication.

The FIP has developed and released a bycatch identification guide 

The FIP participated in a migratory pilot project to tag mahi mahi in the EPO; two mahi were successfully tagged with satellite tags and 100 mahi were tagged with conventional tags

The FIP piloted a logbook for data collection; the logbook system registers practices for the handling and release of ETP species via photos and videos

The FIP has been working with IPIAP on a genomic study to improve the knowledge of the structure of mahi populations in the EPO; forty samples of mahi tissue were contributed to IPIAP by the FIP

The FIP signed an agreement with IPIAP in an effort to coordinate data collection actions 

Increase to PI 2.2.2; A comprehensive fishery logbook is in place which includes the ability to report the handling and releasing practices for bycatch species.