Table Variable is Stored

Variable Definition in

Main, Stages, Stats, FIP

GFP Assocations,
Jurisdictions, FIP
unique identifier of the FIP from SFP Participants, SR FIP
FIP UUID systems Associations
name of the FIP in SFP systems in June
FIP Name 2016 2016 Main

FIP Name Current name of the FIP in SFP systems in July 2018 Main
FIP Webpage webpage, only available for active FIPs Main
acronym created for data analysis
FIP Acronym purposes Main

Date the FIP is officially launched (typically

FIP Start Date when it is publicly announced) Main

2 possible categories; (1) stepwise where

stages are achieved in order or (2)
opportunistic where for example a FIP
FIP Progress Pattern achieves Stage 4 before Stage 3 Main

3 possible categories and refers to fleets

covered by the FIP (1) incustrial (2)
artisanal and (3) both; data is available on
this variable through Oct 2017, otherwise
FIP Fleet Type TBD is entered Main

2 choices (1) Y and (2) N which refer to if

there is an artisanal component of the
fishery that represented >5% of total
catch, regardless if that artisanal
Artisanal Component component is covered by the FIP Main
 notes supporting categorization of
Artisanal Component artisanal component (example % catch
Notes attributed to the artisanal fleet) Main

1st MSC PA Date date of the first MSC pre-assessment Main

2 possible categories; (1) stock which

means that FIP outcomes are expected to
occur at the stock level and (2) fishery-
level which means that FIP outcomes are
expected to occur only at the fishery level,
not the higher stock level; data only covers
FIPs until June 2016 otherwise TBD is
FIP Scope entered Main

stage a FIP has achieved (1-6); Stage 1 is

FIP Development, Stage 2 is FIP Launch,
Stage 3 is FIP Implementation, Stage 4 is
Improvements in Fishing Practives and
Fishery Management, Stage 5 is
Improvements on the Water, Stage 6 is
Stage # MSC Certification Stages

Stage Date data a given stage was first achieved Stages

 6 possible categoties and refers to the
status of the FIP at a given time point; (1)
active FIPs are currently ongoing, (2)
completed FIPs have met their objectives
(3) inactive FIPs are no longer active
because of missed reporting of
implementer option to stop (4) pre-FIP FIPs
only have an evaluation (are at Stage 1) (5)
intended FIPs have publically
acknowledged they want to implement a
FIP (Stage 0) (6) NA means a FIP existed
but its stage rating was not recorded in a
Status given year Stats
3 possible categories and refer to year
status was evaluated (1) June 2016 (2) Oct
Year 2017 and (3) July 2018 Stats

volume of catch covered by the FIP as

reported by the FIP implemented; units
are thousand metric tons; latest data is
from 2015 and only from FIPs that report
FIP Volume to fisheryprogress.org Stats

9 possible categories and refer to the FIPs

progress rating in a given year (1) A,
advanced progress (2) B, good progress, (3)
C, some recent progress (4) D, some past
progress (5) E, neglibible progress (6)
intended FIPs (7) pre-FIPs, (8) completed
Progress Rating FIPs (9) inactive FIPs Stats
 2 possible categories (1) basic FIPs are
those that were started to address a select
number of specific issues in a fishery,
typically disregarding certain other issues
(2) Comprehensive FIPs are established
after a comprehensive review of overall
fishery sustainability (based on MSC
indicators), and the issues needing
improvement are included in the resulting
FIP Type FIP workplan. Stats
FIP GFP Association, GFP,
unique identifier of the GFP from SFP MSC GFP Association, FS
GFP ID systems Score

name of the biological stock or assessment

unit that the gear flag profile is associated
Stock Name with GFP
Management Unit management unit name associated with a
Name gear flag profile, names are per FishSource GFP
name of the gear flag profile, names are
GFP Name per FishSource GFP
GFP URL webpage of the GFP GFP
FAO fishing area code which describes
FAO Area where the fishery takes place GFP
unique identifier of the species/taxa per
Species ID SFP systems GFP, Species
Alpha 3 ISO Code FAO Species code per the ASFIS list GFP, Country, Species
gear code adopted by FAO; if a gear type
was not recognized by FAO, then the code
ISSCFG refers to a SFP internal code GFP, Gear
unique identifier of the organization with
Management Unit jurisdiction of the management units
Organization ID associated with the GFP Jurisdictions
Country Name country name Country

2015 Human Development Index (ranging

from 0-1; low to high) for the flag
UNDP Index country/countries associated with the GFP Country

5 possible categories based on numeric

value for HDI (1) ≥ 0.8 is considered very
high (2) 0.7-0.8 is considered high (3) 0.55-
0.7 is considered medium (4) ≤ 0.55 is
considered low (5) NA means there was no
HDI information available for a particular
UNDP Index Category country Country

UN Region UN Geographical region code Country

fishing gear name according to FAO's
Gear Name ISSCFG classification Gear

gear abbreviation per FAO's ISSCFG; if a

gear type was not recognized by FAO, then
the abbreviation refers to a SFP internal
Gear Abbrev abbreviation Gear

FAO Name FAO English name of the species Species

specific descriptor of the species as

Specific Descriptor recorded in FishSource.org Species
 common Engligh name of the species as
recorded in FishSource.org; can include
Common Name local names Species

14 choices including (1) coldwater crab (2)

fresh-frozen tuna (3) large shrimp (4)
octopus (5) other (6) reduction fisheries
(7) salmon (8) shelf stable tuna (9)
swimming crab (10) small shrimp (11)
snapper-grouper (12) squid (13)
Seafood Sector warmwater crab (14) whitefish Species

Latin family name of the species as

Family recorded in FishSource.org Species

FAO ISSCAP group as recorded in

FAO ISSCAP group FishSource.org Species
unique identifier of the organizations FIP Participants,
Organization ID participating in the FIP per SFP systems Organization
2 possible choices which indicate if the
organization is currently leading the FIP (1)
Lead TRUE (2) FALSE FIP Participants

name of the organization that is either a

participant or has jurisdiction over the
management unit of a GFP associated with
Organization Name the FIP Organization
 16 possible categories that describe the
business sector the organization belongs
to (1) acacemia/school (2) certification
body (3) consultant (4) foodservice
distributor (5) government/bi-multi-lateral
(6) importer/distributor (7) individual (8)
marketing board (9) NGO (10) other (11)
processor (12) producer (13) restaurant
Type (14) retailer (15) supplier (16) TBD Organization
unique identifier of the MSC fishery per MSC Info, MSC GFP
MSC Fishery ID SFP systems Association
MSC Name name of the MSC fishery MSC Info

5 possible categories that indicate the

status of the fishery the last time it was
updated in the FishSource Database (1)
MSC Certified (2) MSC Full Assessment (3)
MSC Recertified (4) Not certified (5)
Status withdrawn MSC Info
MSC URL webpage of the MSC fishery MSC Info
certification date in DD/MM/YEAR format
Certification Date of the MSC fishery MSC Info
unique identifier to link MSC Fishery ID
Association ID and GFP ID per SFP systems MSC GFP Association
unique identifer of the Supplier
ID Roundtable per SFP systems SRs
name of the Supplier Rountable per SFP
SR Name systems SRs
date (DD/MM/YEAR) of the first official
meeting of the Supplier Roundtable based
1st SR Meeting Date on publically available reports SRs
SRs ID SR FIP Associations

3 possible choices for qualitative scores (1)

<6, (2) ≥ 6 (which means a score between
6 and 8) and (3) ≥ 8. All qualatative scores
are per FishSource guidelines. For
quantative scores, this variable is the exact
Label score FS Score

3 possible choices for qualitative scores (1)

5.9 assigned to label scores <6 (2) 6.0
assigned to label scores of ≥ 6 and (3) 8.0
assigned to label scores ≥ 8. All
qualatative scores are per FishSource
guidelines. For quantative scores, this
Value variable is the exact score FS Score
Year year the FS Score was assigned FS Score

5 possible categories based on which

FishSource score evalulation refers to (1)
management stragegy (2) managers
compliance (3) fishers compliance (4)
Score current health (5) future health FS Score

3 possible choices based on the the level

at which the FS Score is assigned (1) stock
or assessment unit (2) management unit
Source Node (3) fishery or GFP FS Score
unique indentifier of the level the FS Score
is being taken from (see FS x level
infographic for a more detailed description
of how FS Scores are assigned across
Source ID different levels) FS Score
Links to Resources NB Notes

https://www.fishsource.org/improvement-project; https://fisheryprogress.org/

specify date format

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1amJwsYBJw
8X55gy6IseP-Pf544rShLW3javXNp3xTUU/edit

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/192tPood_G
v8bAv1s2YYgQmAsQhyD3Zcjhqq7lsIBfuM/edit?
usp=sharing
 need to confirm use of NA and TBD;
need to specify date format

https://www.fishsource.org/improvement-project;
https://www.fishsource.org/faq;
http://solutionsforseafood.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/03/Alliance-FIP-Guidelines-
3.7.15.pdf

https://www.fishsource.org/improvement-project specify date format

https://www.sustainablefish.org/Media/Files/FIP-
Toolkit/FIP-Evaluation-A-standardized-tool-for-
measuring-FIP-progress-2017;
https://www.fishsource.org/improvement-project; pre-FIP =Stage 1, isnt this a real FIP?
https://fisheryprogress.org/ Why the special distinction

Null to NA and NA to TBD

https://www.sustainablefish.org/Media/Files/FIP-
Toolkit/FIP-Evaluation-A-standardized-tool-for-
measuring-FIP-progress-2017 6-9 are defined in Status variable;
https://www.sustainablefish.org/Media/Files/FIP-
Toolkit/FIP-Evaluation-A-standardized-tool-for-
measuring-FIP-progress-2017;
https://improvements.msc.org/database/streamli
ning/documents/MSC_Performance_Indicators_E
xplained_v1.pdf/view;
http://solutionsforseafood.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/03/Alliance-FIP-Guidelines-
3.7.15.pdf

https://www.fishsource.org/faq

for more information on the FishSource

stock/assessment unit naming rules, please
consult the FishSource Guidance for analysts
for more information on the FishSource
stock/assessment unit naming rules, please
consult the FishSource Guidance for analysts

http://www.fao.org/fishery/area/search/en

http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en

http://www.fao.org/3/a-bt987e.pdf
http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries

http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49re
gin.htm#developed

http://www.fao.org/3/a-bt987e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en;
http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php;
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php;
http://www.sealifebase.org/search.php

http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en;
http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php;
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php;
http://www.sealifebase.org/search.php
http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en;
http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php;
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php;
http://www.sealifebase.org/search.php

https://www.sustainablefish.org/Programs/Target-
75

http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en;
http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php;
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php;
http://www.sealifebase.org/search.php

http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en;
http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php;
http://www.fishbase.org/search.php;
http://www.sealifebase.org/search.php
 NULL to TBD

https://www.msc.org/

https://www.msc.org/ need date was last updated

https://www.msc.org/

https://www.msc.org/
How FishSource works tab at
https://www.fishsource.org/how/scores

Please review FS x level infographic at xxx; also

How FishSource works tab at
https://www.fishsource.org/how/scores