Broucher Distribution

AGB MEETING 2019

BSC WORKSHOP

AWARNESS PROGRAMME

Fishery Improvement Program (FIP)

• CMPA has taken up the FIP very actively from the Middle of 2017 after several meetings with Crab Council Representatives.


• CMPA representative Mr. Kishore Kumar (Former President CMPA) has attended both The FIP Managers meeting held at Bangkok during 2016 and 2017. CMPA coordinator Dr. G. Sanjeeviraj has also attended the meeting during 29th-30th September, 2017.


• CMPA is taking the lead in involving other organizations such as MPEDA (Marine Products Export Development Authority), CMFRI (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute), WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), MSC (Marine Stewardship Council),Tamilnadu State Fisheries Department and Tamilnadu Fisheries University for achieving the goal.

The Fishery Improvement Program (FIP) is a funded program by National Fisheries Institute (NFI) of Crab Council, USA has been initiated almost in all crab exporting nations from 2013. The Indonesia has taken up the study from the year 2013, followed by Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India. In India FIP became active from the middle of the year 2017 jointly with CMPA.

The FIP activity has been initiated from the middle of 2017:

• The first meeting of the partnering institutions such as Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), World Wildlife Fund (WWF-India), Marine Stewardship Council (MSC-India) with CMPA held on 07.11.17 at CMFRI, HQ, Kochi.


• The second meeting was conducted on 06.01.18 at Mandapam Regional Center of CMFRI in which stakeholders – the crab fishermen from various fishing villages and the officials from CMFRI, WWF-India, MSC-India, Tamil Nadu State Fisheries Department, Tamil Nadu Dr.J.Jayalalithaa Fisheries University participated
  
  
  Stakeholders Meeting on 06.01.18 at Mandapam Regional Center of CMFRI
  
  



Stakeholders Meeting on 06.01.18 at Mandapam Regional Center of CMFRI



• Another Meeting was held at Goa on 27.01.18 to review the progress of FIP with all the CMPA members.


• A special FIP review meeting was held on 03.05.18.



Awarness Meetings Condutcted For BSC Fishermen:



• Vellapatti on 07.07.18; Nearly 25 fishermen participated.




• Devipattinam on 18.08.18; Nearly 75 fishermen participated..






• Thiruppalakudi on 31.08.18; Nearly 80 fishermen participated.






• Karangadu on 09.09.18; Nearly 40 fishermen participated.






• Thondi on 16.09.18; Nearly 35 fishermen participated.






• CREATION OF AWARENESS ON SUSTAINABILITY OF BSC AMONG FISHERMEN IN FISHING VILLAGES THROUGH POSTER CAMPAIGN:






• PRE ASSESSMENT AUDIT MEETING ON FIP ON 10th AND 11th October, 2018 BY SCS GLOBAL SERVICES, USA:










• AWARENESS CREATION AMONG BSC FISHERMEN THROUGH INSTALLATION OF SIGN BOARDS IN FISHING VILLAGES