Performance Principle 3 Indicator Draft Performance Indicator Component Category Fishery- specific 3.2.1. Fishery- The fishery has clear, specific objectives designed to achieve the outcomes expressed by MSC’s management specific Principles 1 and 2. system objectives SG60 SG80 SG100 Objectives, which are broadly Short and long term objectives, Well defined and measurable consistent with achieving the which are consistent with short and long term objectives, outcomes expressed by achieving the outcomes which are demonstrably MSC’s Principles 1 and 2, are implicit expressed by Principles consistent with achieving the MSC’s within the 1 and 2, are explicit within the outcomes expressed by fishery’s MSC’s management system. management system. Principles 1 and 2, are explicit fishery’s within the fishery’s management system. The for the Regional Management of the Spiny Lobster harmonize the minimum size limit, the number of traps per vessel, “Regulations Fishery” the length and time of the seasonal closure, the prohibition to harvest gravid females, and the size of the escape panel. The main general objective of this regional policy is to attain sustainable lobster fisheries in Central America. While clearly, the national policy in Honduras subscribes to this regional framework, there isn´t a management plan in place that lays out the short and long term objectives of the fishery. Although they are implicit in the management system, there are no clear specific objectives outlined for the lobster fishery, therefore this indicator receives a conditional pass (yellow). Performance Principle 3 Indicator Draft Performance Indicator Component Category The fishery-specific management system includes effective decision-making processes that result in Fishery- specific 3.2.2. management measures and strategies to achieve the objectives. system processes SG60 SG80 SG100 There are informal There are established There are established making processes that result in processes that result in processes that result in measures and strategies to measures and strategies to measures and strategies to achieve the fishery-specific achieve the fishery-specific achieve the fishery-specific
Principle 3 Component Performance Indicator Category Draft Performance Indicator Fishery- specific management system 3.2.1. Fishery- specific objectives The fishery has clear, specific objectives designed to achieve the outcomes expressed by MSC’s Principles 1 and 2. SG60 SG80 SG100 Objectives, which are broadly consistent with achieving the outcomes expressed by MSC’s Principles 1 and 2, are implicit within the fishery’s management system. Short and long term objectives, which are consistent with achieving the outcomes expressed by MSC’s Principles 1 and 2, are explicit within the fishery’s management system. Well defined and measurable short and long term objectives, which are demonstrably consistent with achieving the outcomes expressed by MSC’s Principles 1 and 2, are explicit within the fishery’s management system. The “Regulations for the Regional Management of the Spiny Lobster Fishery” harmonize the minimum size limit, the number of traps per vessel, the length and time of the seasonal closure, the prohibition to harvest gravid females, and the size of the escape panel. The main general objective of this regional policy is to attain sustainable lobster fisheries in Central America. While clearly, the national policy in Honduras subscribes to this regional framework, there isn´t a management plan in place that lays out the short and long term objectives of the fishery. Although they are implicit in the management system, there are no clear specific objectives outlined for the lobster fishery, therefore this indicator receives a conditional pass (yellow). Principle 3 Component Performance Indicator Category Draft Performance Indicator Fishery- specific management system 3.2.2. processes The fishery-specific management system includes effective decision-making processes that result in measures and strategies to achieve the objectives. SG60 SG80 SG100 There are informal processes that result in measures and strategies to achieve the fishery-specific There are established processes that result in measures and strategies to achieve the fishery-specific There are established processes that result in measures and strategies to achieve the fishery-specific making
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