APRI representatives, Ir. Bambang Arif Nugraha (APRI Board Secretary) and Dr Hawis Madduppa (Executive Director), present the progress of FIP in Indonesia during the National Fisheries Institute Crab Council meeting at the Westin Hotel, Boston, United States of America (15/03/2015). The meeting was attended by APRI members (PT SJA, PT KML, PT BMI, Blue Star Foods), US Buyers, NGOs, and government representatives. The meeting was opened by Gavin Gibbons (NFI) and Ed Rhodes (NFI). The Asian FIP Progres was presenting by Jeremy Crawford, followed by the reports from Southeast Asian Countries FIP managers (Indonesa, Phillipines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Srilanka).
APRI reports the development of the FIP up to March 2015. The progress of the FIP in Indonesia, including approval of Blue Swimming Crab harvest control rules by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in January 2015, completed stock assessment research by P4KSI – MMAF in Java Sea by the end of December 2014, Stakeholders meeting in Bogor to update MSC gap analysis which attended by key stakeholders in Indonesia (MMAF, APRI members, mini plants, NGOs, universities, fisheries communities). The FIP program for 2015-2016 will focus on supporting MMAF stock assessment in Kendari and Java Sea, supporting for the completion of National Fishery Management Plan Framework, review the modified collapsible trap design with escape vents, and formalize a steering committee for Java Sea. The upcoming period will also assessing supply chain by implementing control documents.
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