Ireland's seafood development agency, BIM, partnered with key industry stakeholders from the inshore and processing sectors to officially launch a fisheries improvement project (FIP) for Ireland’s brown crab fishery.
The aim is to improve the sustainable operations within the fishery and to progress to certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) over a three to five-year period.
“The brown crab fishery improvement project brings together government, industry and NGOs to address common challenges we face in securing a sustainable future for our crab fishery in a pre-competitive partnership," said Jim O'Toole, CEO of BIM.
"We
